Patents by Inventor Takanori Kokubo

Takanori Kokubo 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: 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
  • Patent number: 10280495
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger use having a 35 to 50 ?m thickness, a small springback at the time of corrugation, a suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, a high strength after brazing, and excellent erosion resistance, self corrosion resistance, and sacrificial anodic effect and a method of production of the same are provided. A fin material containing, by mass %, Si: 0.9 to 1.2%, Fe: 0.8 to 1.1%, Mn: 1.1 to 1.4%, and Zn: 0.9 to 1.1%, further limiting the impurity Mg to 0.05% or less, Cu to 0.03% or less, and ([Si]+[Fe]+2[Mn])/3 to 1.4% to 1.6%, and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and Al. A method of production prescribing hot rolling, cold rolling, intermediate annealing, and final cold rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NOVELIS INC., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Kokubo, Toshiya Anami, Hayaki Teramoto, Hideyuki Ota, Toshihide Ninagawa
  • Patent number: 9474146
    Abstract: A metal circuit board and a metal base plate are bonded to a ceramic substrate to form a metal-ceramic bonded substrate, then the metal base plate is arranged on one surface of the radiator via a brazing material with the metal base plate overlapping with the one surface of the radiator, a jig having a concave R surface is arranged on another surface of the radiator with the jig butting against the another surface of the radiator, a jig having a convex R surface protruding toward the metal-ceramic bonded substrate is brought into contact with another surface of the metal circuit board, and the metal-ceramic bonded substrate and the radiator are heat-bonded while they are pressurized by the radiator side jig and the metal-ceramic bonded substrate side jig, wherein a curvature radius R (mm) of the convex R surface and the concave R surface is 6500?R?surface pressure (N/mm2)×2000+12000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., DOW A METALTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Hori, Takanori Kokubo, Hideyo Osanai, Kunihiko Chihara
  • Patent number: 9320129
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid-cooled integrated substrate 1 in which a metal circuit board 15 made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is bonded to one surface of a ceramic substrate 10, one surface of a plate-like metal base plate 20 made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is bonded to another surface of the ceramic substrate 10, and a liquid-cooling type radiator 30 composed of a porous pipe composed of an extrusion material is bonded to another flat surface of the metal base plate 20 by brazing, wherein a relation between a thickness t1 of the metal circuit board 15 and a thickness t2 of the metal base plate 20 satisfies t2/t1?2 where the thickness t1 of the metal circuit board 15 is 0.4 to 3 mm and the thickness t2 of the metal base plate 20 is 0.8 to 6 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd., Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Hori, Takanori Kokubo, Hideyo Osanai, Takayuki Takahashi, Kunihiko Chihara
  • Publication number: 20150252461
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger use having a 35 to 50 ?m thickness, a small springback at the time of corrugation, a suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, a high strength after brazing, and excellent erosion resistance, self corrosion resistance, and sacrificial anodic effect and a method of production of the same are provided. A fin material containing, by mass %, Si: 0.9 to 1.2%, Fe: 0.8 to 1.1%, Mn: 1.1 to 1.4%, and Zn: 0.9 to 1.1%, further limiting the impurity Mg to 0.05% or less, Cu to 0.03% or less, and ([Si]+[Fe]+2[Mn])/3 to 1.4% to 1.6%, and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and Al. A method of production prescribing hot rolling, cold rolling, intermediate annealing, and final cold rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NOVELIS INC., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Kokubo, Toshiya Anami, Hayaki Teramoto, Hideyuki Ota, Toshihide Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20150041187
    Abstract: A metal circuit board and a metal base plate are bonded to a ceramic substrate to form a metal-ceramic bonded substrate, then the metal base plate is arranged on one surface of the radiator via a brazing material with the metal base plate overlapping with the one surface of the radiator, a jig having a concave R surface is arranged on another surface of the radiator with the jig butting against the another surface of the radiator, a jig having a convex R surface protruding toward the metal-ceramic bonded substrate is brought into contact with another surface of the metal circuit board, and the metal-ceramic bonded substrate and the radiator are heat-bonded while they are pressurized by the radiator side jig and the metal-ceramic bonded substrate side jig, wherein a curvature radius R (mm) of the convex R surface and the concave R surface is 6500?R?surface pressure (N/mm2)×2000+12000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Hori, Takanori Kokubo, Hideyo Osanai, Kunihiko Chihara
  • Publication number: 20120305292
    Abstract: There is provide a liquid-cooled integrated substrate which has reduced material cost and processing cost, is reduced in warpage (shape deformation) as an integrated substrate, and has excellent strength and heat radiation performance, and a manufacturing method of the liquid-cooled integrated substrate. There is provided a liquid-cooled integrated substrate 1 in which a metal circuit board 15 made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is bonded to one surface of a ceramic substrate 10, one surface of a plate-like metal base plate 20 made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is bonded to another surface of the ceramic substrate 10, and a liquid-cooling type radiator 30 composed of an extrusion material is bonded to another surface of the metal base plate 20, wherein a relation between a thickness t1 of the metal circuit board 15 and a thickness t2 of the metal base plate 20 satisfies t2/t1?2 where the thickness t1 of the metal circuit board 15 is 0.4 to 3 mm and the thickness t2 of the metal base plate 20 is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Hori, Takanori Kokubo, Hideyo Osanai, Takayuki Takahashi, Kunihiko Chihara