Patents by Inventor Takumi AKADA
Takumi AKADA 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: 12224079Abstract: A copper-coated steel wire includes a core wire made of a stainless steel, and a coating layer made of copper or a copper alloy and covering an outer peripheral surface of the core wire. In a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the core wire, the outer peripheral surface of the core wire has a value of an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of not less than 25% and not more than 90% of a thickness of the coating layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi Akada, Daigo Sato
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Patent number: 11674193Abstract: A canted coil spring includes a core wire 10 formed of steel having a pearlite structure; and a copper plating layer 20 formed of copper or a copper alloy and covering an outer circumferential surface 11 of the core wire 10. The steel contains 0.5 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less carbon, 0.1 mass % or more and 2.5 mass % or less silicon, and 0.3 mass % or more and 0.9 mass % or less manganese, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities. The copper plating layer 20 has a crystallite size of 220±50 ?.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi Akada, Hiromu Izumida
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Patent number: 11505856Abstract: A copper-coated steel wire includes a core wire made of a steel and a coating layer made of copper or a copper alloy which covers an outer peripheral surface of the core wire. The coating layer includes an intermediate layer which is disposed in a region including the interface with the core wire and has a higher zinc concentration than a remaining region of the coating layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi Akada, Shinei Takamura, Daigo Sato, Takaaki Enomoto
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Publication number: 20220328210Abstract: A copper-coated steel wire includes a core wire made of a steel and a coating layer that covers the outer peripheral surface of the core wire and is made of copper or a copper alloy. In a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the core wire, the ten-point average roughness Rzjis of the outer peripheral surface of the core wire is 50% or more and 250% or less of the thickness of the coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Daigo SATO
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Patent number: 11459644Abstract: A copper-coated steel wire includes: a core wire made of steel having a pearlite structure; and a coating layer covering a surface of the core wire and made of Cu or a Cu alloy. The steel contains C by greater than or equal to 0.5% by mass and less than or equal to 1.0% by mass, Si by greater than or equal to 0.1% by mass and less than or equal to 2.5% by mass, Mn by greater than or equal to 0.3% by mass and less than or equal to 0.9% by mass, and the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. In a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, a value of surface roughness Ra of the core wire is greater than or equal to 25% and less than or equal to 70% of a thickness of the coating layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takumi Akada, Hiromu Izumida
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Publication number: 20220238248Abstract: A copper-coated steel wire includes a core wire made of a stainless steel, and a coating layer made of copper or a copper alloy and covering an outer peripheral surface of the core wire. In a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the core wire, the outer peripheral surface of the core wire has a value of an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of not less than 25% and not more than 90% of a thickness of the coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Daigo SATO
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Publication number: 20220230775Abstract: A copper-coated steel wire includes a core wire made of a steel, and a coating layer made of copper or a copper alloy and covering an outer peripheral surface of the core wire. In a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the core wire, the core wire includes a plurality of oxide regions composed of an oxide of an element contained in the steel constituting the core wire, the oxide regions including the outer peripheral surface of the core wire and being disposed apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the core wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Daigo SATO
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Patent number: 11186902Abstract: A wire material for a canted coil spring includes a core wire composed of a steel having a pearlite structure, a copper plating layer covering the outer peripheral surface of the core wire, the copper plating layer being composed of copper or a copper alloy, and a hard layer disposed adjacent to the outer periphery of the copper plating layer, the hard layer having a higher hardness than the copper plating layer. The steel constituting the core wire contains 0.5% or more by mass and 1.0% or less by mass carbon, 0.1% or more by mass and 2.5% or less by mass silicon, and 0.3% or more by mass and 0.9% or less by mass manganese, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi Akada, Hiromu Izumida, Akihisa Hosoe
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Publication number: 20210164083Abstract: A copper-coated steel wire includes a core wire made of a steel and a coating layer made of copper or a copper alloy which covers an outer peripheral surface of the core wire. The coating layer includes an intermediate layer which is disposed in a region including the interface with the core wire and has a higher zinc concentration than a remaining region of the coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, LtdInventors: Takumi AKADA, Shinei TAKAMURA, Daigo SATO, Takaaki ENOMOTO
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Publication number: 20210079505Abstract: A copper-coated steel wire includes: a core wire made of steel having a pearlite structure; and a coating layer covering a surface of the core wire and made of Cu or a Cu alloy. The steel contains C by greater than or equal to 0.5% by mass and less than or equal to 1.0% by mass, Si by greater than or equal to 0.1% by mass and less than or equal to 2.5% by mass, Mn by greater than or equal to 0.3% by mass and less than or equal to 0.9% by mass, and the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. In a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, a value of surface roughness Ra of the core wire is greater than or equal to 25% and less than or equal to 70% of a thickness of the coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Hiromu IZUMIDA
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Publication number: 20200080166Abstract: A canted coil spring includes a core wire 10 formed of steel having a pearlite structure; and a copper plating layer 20 formed of copper or a copper alloy and covering an outer circumferential surface 11 of the core wire 10. The steel contains 0.5 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less carbon, 0.1 mass % or more and 2.5 mass % or less silicon, and 0.3 mass % or more and 0.9 mass % or less manganese, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities. The copper plating layer 20 has a crystallite size of 220±50 ?.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Hiromu IZUMIDA
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Publication number: 20200056671Abstract: A wire material for a canted coil spring includes a core wire composed of a steel having a pearlite structure, a copper plating layer covering the outer peripheral surface of the core wire, the copper plating layer being composed of copper or a copper alloy, and a hard layer disposed adjacent to the outer periphery of the copper plating layer, the hard layer having a higher hardness than the copper plating layer. The steel constituting the core wire contains 0.5% or more by mass and 1.0% or less by mass carbon, 0.1% or more by mass and 2.5% or less by mass silicon, and 0.3% or more by mass and 0.9% or less by mass manganese, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Hiromu IZUMIDA, Akihisa HOSOE
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Patent number: 10475552Abstract: A strand for a wiring harness includes a first element wire and a second element wire twisted around the first element wire and made of copper or a copper alloy. The first element wire includes a core portion made of stainless steel and a covering layer covering the core portion and made of copper or a copper alloy.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiromu Izumida, Akihisa Hosoe, Takumi Akada, Shinei Takamura, Katsutoshi Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20190272931Abstract: A strand for a wiring harness includes a first element wire and a second element wire twisted around the first element wire and made of copper or a copper alloy. The first element wire includes a core portion made of stainless steel and a covering layer covering the core portion and made of copper or a copper alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiromu IZUMIDA, Akihisa HOSOE, Takumi AKADA, Shinei TAKAMURA, Katsutoshi IWAMOTO