Patents by Inventor Takahiro Shinoda

Takahiro Shinoda 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: 11970019
    Abstract: An envelope processing apparatus that inserts an enclosure into an envelope includes an envelope conveyor, a flap opener, an enclosure pusher, and circuitry. The envelope conveyor extends in a vertical direction and conveys the envelope to an enclosing position via an envelope conveyance passage as a passage in which the envelope is conveyed. The flap opener opens a flap of the envelope. The enclosure pusher pushes the enclosure toward an opening of a body of the envelope conveyed to the enclosing position with the flap open. The circuitry changes a pushing amount of the enclosure into the envelope and adjusts the pushing amount based on the opening of the body of the envelope within a specified range from an inside to an outside of the body of the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Michitaka Suzuki, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Takahiro Matsuda, Atsushi Shinoda, Shingo Yoshizawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga
  • Publication number: 20240075767
    Abstract: An envelope processing apparatus conveys an envelope to an enclosing position and encloses an enclosure on which specific information is formed at a formation position. The enclosing device includes: an envelope conveyor to convey the enclosure to the enclosing position to insert the enclosure into the envelope; a sensor to acquire, as an image, a structure of the envelope during conveyance, and acquire transparent-portion information indicating a position of a transparent portion in the envelope; an envelope holder to hold the envelope in a state in which the enclosure is insertable; and control circuitry to output position adjustment information for adjusting a position of the envelope in a width direction of the envelope at the enclosing position or a position of the specific information in a conveyance direction of the envelope, based on relative positions between the formation position of the specific information and the position of the transparent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Michitaka SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi SUZUKI, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Takahiro MATSUDA, Atsushi SHINODA, Takahiro WATANABE, Takuya MORINAGA
  • Patent number: 11813700
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet is formed of a four-layer material formed of a brazing material, an intermediate material, a core material, and a brazing material. The intermediate material comprises Mg of 0.40 to 6.00 mass %, and has a total of contents of Mn, Cr, and Zr being 0.10 mass % or more. The core material comprises Mg of 0.20 to 2.00 mass % and comprises one or two or more of Mn of 1.80 mass % or less, Si of 1.05 mass % or less, Fe of 1.00 mass % or less, Cu of 1.20 mass % or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, and Cr of 0.30 mass % or less. Each of the core material and the intermediate material has a grain size of 20 to 300 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketoshi Toyama, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Patent number: 11780034
    Abstract: A brazing sheet (1) includes a core material (11) composed of an Al alloy that contains 0.20-3.0 mass % of Mg; and a filler material (12) layered on the core material and composed of an Al alloy that contains Mg, 6.0-13.0 mass % of Si, and more than 0.050 mass % and 1.0 mass % or less of Bi. The Mg concentration of the filler material becomes continuously lower in a direction from a boundary (122) with the core material to an outermost surface (121). The Mg concentration of the filler material is 0.150 mass % or less at a first depth from the outermost surface that is ? of a thickness (tf) of the filler material and is 5-90% of the amount of Mg in the core material at a second depth from the outermost surface that is ? of the thickness of the filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Tomoki Yamayoshi, Takeyoshi Dokou, Takahiro Shinoda, Shogo Yamada, Yoshihiko Sonoda, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Taketoshi Toyama
  • Publication number: 20230050357
    Abstract: Mg and Bi are contained in each of a first fillet in a first braze joining portion in which a tube and a fin join, a second fillet in a second braze joining portion in which the tube and a header plate join, and a third fillet in a third braze joining portion in which the header plate and a tank body join. A concentration of Mg of each of the first to third fillets is from 0.2% or more to 2.0% or less by mass. When the tube includes a brazing material layer, a concentration of Mg of the tube at its plate thickness center is from 0.1% or more to 1.0% or less by mass. When the fin includes a brazing material layer, a concentration of Mg of the fin at its plate thickness center is from 0.2% or more to 1.0% or less by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro SHINODA, Shogo YAMADA, Nobuhiro HONMA, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Taketoshi TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220281040
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet is formed of a four-layer material formed of a brazing material, an intermediate material, a core material, and a. brazing material. The intermediate material comprises Mg of 0.40 to 6.00 mass %, and has a total of contents of Mn, Cr, and Zr being 0.10 mass % or more. The core material comprises Mg of 0.20 to 2.00 mass % and comprises one or two or more of Mn of 1.80 mass % or less, Si of 1.05 mass % or less, Fe of 1.00 mass % or less, Cu of 1.20 mass % or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, and Cr of 0.30 mass % or less. Each of the core material and the intermediate material has a grain size of 20 to 300 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketoshi Toyama, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20220250195
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing of an aluminum material in an inert gas atmosphere or in vacuum is formed of a two-layer material in which a brazing material and a core material are stacked in this order. The core material is formed of an aluminum alloy and has a grain size of 20 to 300 ?m, and the aluminum alloy includes Mn of 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Mg of 0.40 to 2.00 mass %, Si of 1.50 mass % or less, and Fe of 1.00 mass % or less. The brazing material is formed of an aluminum alloy including Si of 4.00 to 13.00 mass % and one or two or more of Mn of 2.00 mass or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, and Cr of 0.30 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketoshi Toyama, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Patent number: 11235428
    Abstract: A flux-free brazing aluminum alloy brazing sheet includes: a core material formed of aluminum alloy comprising Si of 0.50 to 0.90 mass %, Cu of 0.30 to 2.50 mass %, and Mn of 1.40 to 1.80 mass %, with a Mg content limited to 0.05 mass % or less, and with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities; an intermediate material being formed of aluminum alloy comprising Mg of 0.40 to 1.00 mass %, and Zn of 2.00 to 6.00 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities; and a brazing material being formed of aluminum alloy comprising Si of 6.00 to 13.00 mass %, Mg of 0.05 to 0.40 mass %, and Bi of 0.010 to 0.050 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ide, Yutaka Yanagawa, Shogo Yamada, Takahiro Shinoda, Shingo Ono
  • Publication number: 20210394311
    Abstract: A brazing sheet (1) includes a core material (11) composed of an Al alloy that contains 0.20-3.0 mass % of Mg; and a filler material (12) layered on the core material and composed of an Al alloy that contains Mg, 6.0-13.0 mass % of Si, and more than 0.050 mass % and 1.0 mass % or less of Bi. The Mg concentration of the filler material becomes continuously lower in a direction from a boundary (122) with the core material to an outermost surface (121). The Mg concentration of the filler material is 0.150 mass % or less at a first depth from the outermost surface that is ? of a thickness (tf) of the filler material and is 5-90% of the amount of Mg in the core material at a second depth from the outermost surface that is ? of the thickness of the filler material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shinichi NAKAMURA, Tomoki YAMAYOSHI, Takeyoshi DOKOU, Takahiro SHINODA, Shogo YAMADA, Yoshihiko SONODA, Naoki SUGIMOTO, Nobuhiro HONMA, Taketoshi TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210262064
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger use excellent in buckling resistance which, even if the fin material is reduced to a final sheet thickness of 30 to 80 ?m, is excellent in formability at the time of corrugation, has a suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, exhibits a suitable self corrosion resistance and sacrificial anode effect, and is high in strength as a material for forming working fluid passages is provided. By mass %, Si: 1.3% to 1.6%, Fe: 0.30% to 0.70%, Mn: 1.8% to 2.3%, Zn: 0.5% to 2.0%, and Ti: 0.002% to 0.10% are contained, as impurities, Mg is limited to 0.05% or less and Cu is limited to 0.06% or less, and the balance is unavoidable impurities and Al, a final sheet thickness is 30 to 80 ?m, a tensile strength is 260 MPa or less, a solidus temperature is 615° C. or more, and further a tensile strength when measured after brazing heating then cooling, is 170 MPa or more and a spontaneous potential is ?780 mV to ?700 mV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicants: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori KOKUBO, Toshiya ANAMI, Daisuke SHIMOSAKA, Takahiro SHINODA, Koichi NAKASHITA, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210207901
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger includes a core material formed of an aluminum alloy including Mn of 0.60 to 2.00 mass % and Cu of 1.00 mass % or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and a sacrificial anode material formed of an aluminum alloy including Zn of 2.50 to 10.00 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. Pitting potential of a sacrificial anode material surface of a tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is ?800 (mV vs Ag/AgCl) or less, and pitting potential of an aluminum fin of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is equal to or more than the pitting potential of the sacrificial anode material surface of the tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: UACJ CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shoji, Yoshihiko Kyo, Atsushi Fukumoto, Yoshiyuki Oya, Takahiro Shinoda, Koichi Nakashita, Naoto Goto
  • Publication number: 20210199395
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger includes a core material formed of an aluminum alloy comprising Mn of 0.60 to 2.00 mass % and Cu of 1.00 mass % or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and a sacrificial anode material formed of an aluminum alloy comprising Zn of 2.50 to 10.00 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. Pitting potential of a sacrificial anode material surface of a tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is ?800 (mV vs Ag/AgCl) or less, and pitting potential of an aluminum fin of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is less than the pitting potential of the sacrificial anode material surface of the tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: UACJ Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shoji, Yoshihiko Kyo, Atsushi Fukumoto, Yoshiyuki Oya, Takahiro Shinoda, Koichi Nakashita, Naoto Goto
  • Publication number: 20210087657
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fin material made of an aluminum alloy for heat exchangers with no fin buckling deformation and having excellent buckling resistance in a temperature range of 400° C. to 580° C. before a filler alloy melts at the time of brazing is provided. The fin material made of an aluminum alloy for heat exchangers contains 1.0 to 2.0 mass % of Mn, 0.7 to 1.4 mass % of Si, and 0.05 to 0.3 mass % of Fe, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, in which a number density of intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.025 to 0.4 ?m is 3.0×106 particles/mm2 or more, and an amount of solid solution of Mn is 0.3 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: UACJ Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohashi, Atsushi Fukumoto, Shogo Yamada, Shinichiro Takise, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20210071970
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger for an exhaust gas recirculation system, obtained by brazing: a tube material comprising at least a core material made of aluminum alloy comprising 0.10 to 1.50% of Si, 0.05 to 3.00% of Cu, and 0.40 to 2.00% of Mn, and a sacrificial anticorrosion material made of aluminum alloy comprising 2.00 to 6.00% of Zn, with a Si content of less than 0.10%, clad on the inner side surface of the core material; and a fin material comprising a core material made of aluminum alloy comprising 0.10 to 1.50% of Si, and 0.40 to 2.00% of Mn, with a Zn content of less than 0.05%, and a brazing material clad on both surfaces of the core material, made of aluminum alloy comprising 3.00 to 13.00% of Si, with a Zn content of less than 0.05%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: UACJ Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oya, Tomohiro Shoji, Atsushi Fukumoto, Kouki Nishiyama, Toru Ikeda, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20210039207
    Abstract: A flux-free brazing aluminum alloy brazing sheet includes: a core material formed of aluminum alloy comprising Si of 0.50 to 0.90 mass %, Cu of 0.30 to 2.50 mass %, and Mn of 1.40 to 1.80 mass %, with a Mg content limited to 0.05 mass % or less, and with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities; an intermediate material being formed of aluminum alloy comprising Mg of 0.40 to 1.00 mass %, and Zn of 2.00 to 6.00 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities; and a brazing material being formed of aluminum alloy comprising Si of 6.00 to 13.00 mass %, Mg of 0.05 to 0.40 mass %, and Bi of 0.010 to 0.050 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: UACJ Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ide, Yutaka Yanagawa, Shogo Yamada, Takahiro Shinoda, Shingo Ono
  • Publication number: 20210040586
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy fin stock for a heat exchanger which is free from brazing defects due to fin deformation during brazing and is excellent in strength, electric conductivity, corrosion resistance, and brazability, and a heat exchanger. An aluminum alloy fin stock for a heat exchanger is made of an aluminum alloy having a composition including, by mass %, Mn: 1.2% to 2.0%, Si: 0.5% to 1.3%, Cu: 0.001% to less than 0.05%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Zn: 0.5% to 2.5%, and a balance consisting of Al and inevitable impurities, in which, at a room temperature after brazing heating, the aluminum alloy fin stock has a tensile strength of 140 MPa or more, a 0.2% proof stress of 50 MPa or more, a electric conductivity of 42% IACS or more, an electric potential of ?800 mV or more and ?710 mV or less, and a corrosion weight loss of 120 mg/dm2 or less after 16 weeks in a neutral salt spray test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki NAKANISHI, Yusuke IMAI, Shohei IWAO, Atsushi SAJI, Takahiro SHINODA, Masanobu llO
  • Publication number: 20210033359
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger for an exhaust gas recirculation system, which is a heat exchanger installed in an exhaust gas recirculation system of an internal combustion engine to cool the exhaust gas comprises a tube provided with a sacrificial anticorrosion material on a side along which the exhaust gas passes, and a fin brazed to the surface side of the sacrificial anticorrosion material of the tube, the fin having a pitting potential higher than the pitting potential of the surface of the sacrificial anticorrosion material of the tube. According to the disclosure, an aluminum alloy heat exchanger for an exhaust gas recirculation system having a long service life with effective function of the sacrificial anticorrosion even under an acidic environment in which an oxide film is weakened as a whole and pitting corrosion is unlikely to occur can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: UACJ Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oya, Tomohiro Shoji, Atsushi Fukumoto, Kouki Nishiyama, Toru Ikeda, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20210025663
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger for an exhaust gas recirculation system, the heat exchanger obtained by brazing: a tube material comprising a core material comprising 0.05 mass % to 1.50 mass % of Si, 0.05 mass % to 3.00 mass % of Cu, and 0.40 mass % to 2.00 mass % of Mn, and a sacrificial anticorrosion material comprising 2.00 mass % to 6.00 mass % of Zn, clad on an inner side surface of the core material; and a fin material comprising a core material comprising 0.05 mass to 1.50 mass % of Si, and 0.40 mass % to 2.00 mass % of Mn, and a brazing material comprising 3.00 mass % to 13.00 mass % of Si, clad on both surfaces of the core material; the heat exchanger having a ratio of a surface area Sb (mm2) of the fin material to a surface area Sa (mm2) of the sacrificial anticorrosion material of less than 200%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: UACJ Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oya, Tomohiro Shoji, Atsushi Fukumoto, Kouki Nishiyama, Toru Ikeda, Takahiro Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20200206849
    Abstract: This aluminum alloy brazing sheet is provided with: a core material comprising 2.0 mass % or less (including 0 mass %) of Mg and a remainder of Al and unavoidable impurities; and a brazing material comprising Si, Bi, Mg, and a remainder of Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfies the expressions 3?CSi?13, 0.13CMg?0.3?CBi?0.58CMg0.45, CMg-b?0.1, and 0.2?CMg?1.1 when the Si content of the brazing material is denoted by CSi, the Bi content of the brazing material is denoted by CBi, the Mg content of the brazing material is denoted by CMg-b, the Mg content of the core material is denoted by CMg-c, and CMg=CMg-b+CMg-c/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro IZUMI, Akihiro TSURUNO, Shimpei KIMURA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Takahiro SHINODA, Shogo YAMADA, Shingo OONO
  • Publication number: 20200115778
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material and a heat exchanger having excellent moldability, strength, resistance to brazing erosion and durability are provided. The aluminum alloy fin material has a composition comprising, in % by mass, Zr: 0.05 to 0.3%, Mn: 1.8 to 2.5%, Si: 0.7 to 1.3%, Fe: 0.05 to 0.5%, Cu: 0.25 to 0.7%, Zn: 2.0 to 5.0%, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio of Mn/Si in terms of content is in a range of 1.5 to 2.9, and the aluminum alloy fin material has a tensile strength before brazing of 210 to 280 MPa, a tensile strength after brazing of 175 MPa or more, an electrical conductivity after brazing of 37% IACS or more, and a solidus temperature of 605° C. or more, and has a crystal grain structure before brazing of a non-recrystallized grain structure, and has an average crystal grain size in a rolled surface after brazing of 300 ?m to 2,000 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michihide YOSHINO, Shohei IWAO, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SHINODA, Koichi NAKASHITA