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).

  • Patent number: 11674193
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Akada, Hiromu Izumida
  • Patent number: 11505856
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Akada, Shinei Takamura, Daigo Sato, Takaaki Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20220328210
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Daigo SATO
  • Patent number: 11459644
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Akada, Hiromu Izumida
  • Publication number: 20220238248
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Daigo SATO
  • Publication number: 20220230775
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Daigo SATO
  • Patent number: 11186902
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Akada, Hiromu Izumida, Akihisa Hosoe
  • Publication number: 20210164083
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Shinei TAKAMURA, Daigo SATO, Takaaki ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210079505
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Hiromu IZUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20200080166
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Hiromu IZUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20200056671
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi AKADA, Hiromu IZUMIDA, Akihisa HOSOE
  • Patent number: 10475552
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromu Izumida, Akihisa Hosoe, Takumi Akada, Shinei Takamura, Katsutoshi Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20190272931
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromu IZUMIDA, Akihisa HOSOE, Takumi AKADA, Shinei TAKAMURA, Katsutoshi IWAMOTO