Patents by Inventor Tomofumi Kuroda
Tomofumi Kuroda 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: 11854725Abstract: A method for producing soft magnetic metal powder includes: a raw material powder preparing step of preparing metal raw material powder having metal raw material particles including iron, silicon, and boron; a mixture step of mixing the metal raw material powder and a carbon source substance and obtaining mixed powder; and a heat treatment step of performing heat treatment on the mixed powder in a non-oxidizing atmosphere containing nitrogen at a heat treatment temperature of 1,250° C. or higher and making the metal raw material particles spherical.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomofumi Kuroda, Yu Sakurai, Tomohisa Mitose
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Patent number: 11694833Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inductor component that includes a magnetic core having magnetic thin ribbons laminated in a z-direction, a first coil conductor inserted into first and second through holes penetrating the magnetic core in the z-direction, and a second coil conductor inserted into third and fourth through holes penetrating the magnetic core in the z-direction. Each of the magnetic thin ribbons is divided into a plurality of small pieces by net-shaped cracks. A periphery of each of the first to fourth through holes is surrounded by the plurality of small pieces without being circumferentially divided by a slit having a size larger than the crack.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventor: Tomofumi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20220037073Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inductor component that includes a magnetic core having magnetic thin ribbons laminated in a z-direction, a first coil conductor inserted into first and second through holes penetrating the magnetic core in the z-direction, and a second coil conductor inserted into third and fourth through holes penetrating the magnetic core in the z-direction. Each of the magnetic thin ribbons is divided into a plurality of small pieces by net-shaped cracks. A periphery of each of the first to fourth through holes is surrounded by the plurality of small pieces without being circumferentially divided by a slit having a size larger than the crack.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventor: Tomofumi KURODA
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Patent number: 10607757Abstract: The present invention is a method of producing a soft magnetic metal powder comprising, a material powder preparation step of preparing a material powder comprising a particle including a boron and a soft magnetic metal including an iron, a first nitriding step of nitriding the boron included in said particle by carrying out a heat treatment to said material powder under a non-oxidizing atmosphere including nitrogen, and a spheroidizing step of spheroidizing said particle by carrying out a heat treatment to said material powder of after said first nitriding step under a non-oxidizing atmosphere having lower nitrogen partial pressure than a nitrogen partial pressure of the non-oxidizing atmosphere during said first nitriding step. According to the present invention, the soft magnetic metal powder comprising the particle having a shape of a complete sphere or close to complete sphere, and comprising the small standard deviation of the particle size distribution of the powder can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Sakurai, Tomofumi Kuroda, Hideyuki Itoh
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Publication number: 20190148044Abstract: A method for producing soft magnetic metal powder includes: a raw material powder preparing step of preparing metal raw material powder having metal raw material particles including iron, silicon, and boron; a mixture step of mixing the metal raw material powder and a carbon source substance and obtaining mixed powder; and a heat treatment step of performing heat treatment on the mixed powder in a non-oxidizing atmosphere containing nitrogen at a heat treatment temperature of 1,250° C. or higher and making the metal raw material particles spherical.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomofumi KURODA, Yu SAKURAI, Tomohisa MITOSE
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Patent number: 9959968Abstract: A reactor uses a composite magnetic core which combines a ferrite core and a soft magnetic metal core. The reactor is composed of a pair of yoke portion cores composed of ferrite cores, winding portion core(s) disposed between the opposite planes of the yoke portion cores, and coil(s) wound around the winding portion core(s). Flange-like members are disposed at the end part of the winding portion core(s) in a way of being external connected with the periphery of winding portion core(s) which is composed of a soft magnetic metal core. The flange-like member is composed of a metal material with iron as the main component which can be magnetically attracted to a magnet, and a junction portion of the flange-like member and the yoke portion core is formed at one flat plane of the member which is the same plane with an end plane of the winding portion core.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomofumi Kuroda, Yu Sakurai
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Patent number: 9881721Abstract: The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder having iron as the main component and containing boron, wherein, the content of iron inside the soft magnetic metal powder is 98 mass % or more, the content of boron in the particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the metal particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Sakurai, Tomofumi Kuroda, Hideyuki Itoh
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Publication number: 20180025822Abstract: A soft magnetic metal dust core including a soft magnetic metal powder and a nonmagnetic material, in which when observing a field of view including “n”, a natural number of 50 or more, particles of the soft magnetic metal powder on a grinded smooth cross section of the dust core, the soft magnetic metal powder is coated by the nonmagnetic material, and a number of an opposing part P is n/2 or more, in which the opposing part P is a part where a length L is 10 ?m or more, and the length L is a continuous length where a distance between particles of the soft magnetic metal powder is 400 nm or less, is provided. The soft magnetic metal dust core is superior in DC superimposing characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yu YONEZAWA, Tomofumi KURODA, Yusuke TANIGUCHI
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Patent number: 9793035Abstract: The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder which has Fe as the main component and contains Si and B, wherein, the content of Si in the soft magnetic metal powder is 1 to 15 mass %, the content of boron inside the metal particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Sakurai, Tomofumi Kuroda, Hideyuki Itoh
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Patent number: 9779861Abstract: The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder which contains B and has Fe and Ni as the main components, wherein the content of Ni in the soft magnetic metal powder is 30 to 80 mass %, the total content of Fe and Ni in the soft magnetic metal powder is 90 mass % or more, the content of B inside the metal particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Sakurai, Tomofumi Kuroda, Hideyuki Itoh
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Patent number: 9601249Abstract: The objective is to provide a soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core and a reactor with an excellent DC superposition characteristic. The soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core contains a soft magnetic metal powder, boron nitride and a silicon compound, when its section is ground and then observed, the ratio of the area occupied by the soft magnetic metal powder to that of the section of the soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core is 90% or more and 95% or less, and a roundness of the section of 80% or more of the particles constituting the soft magnetic metal powder is 0.75 or more and 1.0 or less, and boron nitride exists in 70% or more of the voids-among-multiple-particles among the voids-among-multiple-particles in the section of the soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core. Thus, the soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core with an excellent DC superposition characteristic can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Taniguchi, Tomofumi Kuroda, Yu Sakurai
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Patent number: 9455080Abstract: A reactor using a composite magnetic core in which a ferrite core and a soft magnetic metal core are combined. The reactor is composed of a pair of yoke portion magnetic portions composed of ferrite, winding portion core(s) disposed between the opposite planes of the yoke portion cores, and coil(s) winding around the winding portion core(s). The winding portion core(s) is/are formed using a soft magnetic metal core with a substantially constant cross sectional area. Junction portion cores composed of soft magnetic metal powder cores with a tabular shape are disposed at the spaces where the winding portion core(s) face(s) the yoke portion cores, and the area of the part where the junction portion core faces the yoke portion core is made to be 1.3 to 4.0 times that of the section of the winding portion core.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomofumi Kuroda, Yu Sakurai, Hideyuki Itoh
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Patent number: 9424968Abstract: A magnetic material for antennas including: an M-type hexagonal ferrite represented by the following general formula (1) as a main phase, MA.Fe12-x.MBx.O19 (wherein MA is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Sr and Ba, MB is MC or MD, MC is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Sc and In, MD is an equivalent mixture of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ti, Sn and Zr and at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ni, Zn, Mn, Mg, Cu and Co, X is a number from 1 to 5), and an average crystal particle diameter is equal to or greater than 5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomokazu Ishikura, Michihiro Muramoto, Akihiro Harada, Katsumi Kawasaki, Tomofumi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20160225503Abstract: The objective is to provide a soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core and a reactor with an excellent DC superposition characteristic. The soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core contains a soft magnetic metal powder, boron nitride and a silicon compound, when its section is ground and then observed, the ratio of the area occupied by the soft magnetic metal powder to that of the section of the soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core is 90% or more and 95% or less, and a roundness of the section of 80% or more of the particles constituting the soft magnetic metal powder is 0.75 or more and 1.0 or less, and boron nitride exists in 70% or more of the voids-among-multiple-particles among the voids-among-multiple-particles in the section of the soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core. Thus, the soft magnetic metal powder-compact magnetic core with an excellent DC superposition characteristic can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke TANIGUCHI, Tomofumi KURODA, Yu SAKURAI
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Patent number: 9406430Abstract: A reactor using a composite magnetic core in which a ferrite core and a soft magnetic metal core are combined. The reactor is composed of a pair of yoke portion magnetic portions composed of a ferrite core, winding portion core(s) disposed between the opposite planes of the yoke portion cores, and coil(s) wound around the winding portion core(s). The winding portion core(s) is/are made of a soft magnetic metal core, and the cross sectional area of the part for winding the coil of the winding portion core is substantially constant. When the cross sectional area of the part for winding the coil of the winding portion core is set as S1, and the area of the parts opposite to the yoke portion cores in the winding portion core(s) is set as S2, the area ratio S2/S1 is set to be 1.3 to 4.0.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomofumi Kuroda, Yu Sakurai, Hideyuki Itoh
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Patent number: 9245676Abstract: Provided are a soft magnetic alloy powder, a compact made from the soft magnetic alloy powder, a powder magnetic core including the compact, and a magnetic element including the powder magnetic core. The soft magnetic alloy powder contains Fe—Ni-based particles containing 38% to 48% by mass Ni, 1.0% to 15% by mass Co, and 1.2% to 10% by mass Si relative to the total mass of Fe, Ni, Co, and Si, the remainder being Fe. The Fe—Ni-based particles have an average size of more than 1 ?m to less than 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masahito Koeda, Yoshihiro Shinkai, Tomofumi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20150332823Abstract: The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder having iron as the main component and containing boron, wherein, the content of iron inside the soft magnetic metal powder is 98 mass % or more, the content of boron in the particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the metal particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Yu SAKURAI, Tomofumi KURODA, Hideyuki ITOH
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Publication number: 20150332824Abstract: The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder which has Fe as the main component and contains Si and B, wherein, the content of Si in the soft magnetic metal powder is 1 to 15 mass %, the content of boron inside the metal particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Yu SAKURAI, Tomofumi KURODA, Hideyuki ITOH
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Publication number: 20150332821Abstract: The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder which contains B and has Fe and Ni as the main components, wherein the content of Ni in the soft magnetic metal powder is 30 to 80 mass %, the total content of Fe and Ni in the soft magnetic metal powder is 90 mass % or more, the content of B inside the metal particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Yu SAKURAI, Tomofumi KURODA, Hideyuki ITOH
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Publication number: 20150213942Abstract: A reactor using a composite magnetic core in which a ferrite core and a soft magnetic metal core are combined The reactor is composed of a pair of yoke portion magnetic portions composed of ferrite, winding portion core(s) disposed between the opposite planes of the yoke portion cores, and coil(s) winding around the winding portion core(s). The winding portion core(s) is/are formed using a soft magnetic metal core with a substantially constant cross sectional area. Junction portion cores composed of soft magnetic metal powder cores with a tubular shape are disposed at the spaces where the winding portion core(s) face(s) the yoke portion cores, and the area of the part where the junction portion core faces the yoke portion core is made to be 1.3 to 4.0 times that of the section of the winding portion core.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Tomofumi KURODA, Yu SAKURAI, Hideyuki ITOH