Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Suetsuna
Tomohiro Suetsuna 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: 11870300Abstract: A pressed powder material of the embodiments is a pressed powder material including: a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles, each flaky magnetic metal particle having a flat surface and a magnetic metal phase containing at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, the flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m and an average value of the ratio of the average length in the flat surface to the thickness of from 5 to 10,000; and an intercalated phase existing between the flaky magnetic metal particles and containing at least one second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and fluorine (F), in which the pressed powder material includes a plane, and in which the pressed powder material includes, in a predetermined cross-section perpendicular to the flat surfaces, a void site at the boundary part between the flat surface of a flaky magnetic metal particle and the intercalated phase in coType: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Naoyuki Sanada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Yasuyuki Hotta
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Publication number: 20230313349Abstract: Flaky magnetic metal particles of embodiments each have a flat surface and a magnetic metal phase containing iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and silicon (Si). An amount of Co is from 0.001 at% to 80 at% with respect to the total amount of Fe and Co. An amount of Si is from 0.001 at% to 30 at% with respect to the total amount of the magnetic metal phase. The flaky magnetic metal particles have an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 µm. An average value of the ratio of the average length in the flat surface with respect to a thickness in each of the flaky magnetic metal particles is from 5 to 10,000. The flaky magnetic metal particles have the difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the flat surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Takahiro KAWAMOTO, Naoyuki SANADA
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Publication number: 20230290548Abstract: A magnetic material according to an embodiment includes at least one first element X selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni; a matrix phase; and a particle including C and at least one second element Y selected from Ta, W, Nb and Mo.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Naoyuki SANADA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI
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Patent number: 11692250Abstract: Flaky magnetic metal particles of embodiments each have a flat surface and a magnetic metal phase containing iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and silicon (Si). An amount of Co is from 0.001 at % to 80 at % with respect to the total amount of Fe and Co. An amount of Si is from 0.001 at % to 30 at % with respect to the total amount of the magnetic metal phase. The flaky magnetic metal particles have an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m. An average value of the ratio of the average length in the flat surface with respect to a thickness in each of the flaky magnetic metal particles is from 5 to 10,000. The flaky magnetic metal particles have the difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the flat surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto, Naoyuki Sanada
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Patent number: 11597010Abstract: Provided is a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles of embodiments, each flaky magnetic metal particle having a flat surface having either or both of a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities, the concavities or convexities being arranged in a first direction and each having a width of 0.1 ?m or more, a length of 1 ?m or more, and an aspect ratio of 2 or higher; and a magnetic metal phase containing at least one primary element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and nickel (Ni). The flaky magnetic metal particles have an average thickness of between 10 nm and 100 ?m inclusive, and the average value of the ratio of the average length within the flat surface with respect to the thickness is between 5 and 10,000 inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroaki Kinouchi, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Takahiro Kawamoto, Yasuyuki Hotta
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Patent number: 11588359Abstract: A rotating electric machine according to embodiments is a rotating electric machine including a rotor including a first core and being capable of rotating around a rotating shaft; and a stator disposed to face the rotor in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the first core including a first pressed powder material having a plurality of first flaky magnetic metal particles and a first intercalated phase, the first flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m, each first flaky magnetic metal particle having a first flat surface and a first magnetic metal phase including at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, the average value of the ratio of the average length in the first flat surface with respect to the average thickness being from 5 to 10,000, the first intercalated phase existing between the first flaky magnetic metal particles and including at least one second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), carType: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroaki Kinouchi, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Naoyuki Sanada, Masaya Hagiwara
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Patent number: 11459645Abstract: Provided is a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles of the embodiments, each flaky magnetic metal particle having a flat surface provided with either or both of a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities arranged in a first direction, each concavity or convexity having a width of 0.1 ?m or more, a length of 1 ?m or more, and an aspect ratio of 2 or higher; and at least one first element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and nickel (Ni), the flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of between 10 nm and 100 ?m inclusive and an average aspect ratio of between 5 and 10,000 inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20220298613Abstract: A pressed powder material according to embodiments is a pressed powder material including first magnetic metal particles having a first magnetic metal phase containing Fe and Co; and second magnetic metal particles having a second magnetic metal phase containing Fe, in which when the amounts of Co with respect to the total amounts of Fe and Co of the first and second magnetic metal particles are designated as Co1 and Co2, respectively, the ratio of Co2 to Co1 (Co2/Co1) is from 0 to 0.5, the average value of the ratio of the major axis to the minor axis is 2 or greater for the first magnetic metal particles and 1 or greater for the second magnetic metal particles, the second magnetic metal particles are present between the particles of the first magnetic metal particles, and the average value of the major axis of the second magnetic metal particles is equal to or longer than the average value of the major axis of the first magnetic metal particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masaya Hagiwara, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Naoyuki Sanada, Hiroaki Kinouchi
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Publication number: 20220085669Abstract: A rotating electric machine according to embodiments is a rotating electric machine including a rotor including a first core and being capable of rotating around a rotating shaft; and a stator disposed to face the rotor in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the first core including a first pressed powder material having a plurality of first flaky magnetic metal particles and a first intercalated phase, the first flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m, each first flaky magnetic metal particle having a first flat surface and a first magnetic metal phase including at least one first element elected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, the average value of the ratio of the average length in the first flat surface with respect to the average thickness being from 5 to 10,000, the first intercalated phase existing between the first flaky magnetic metal particles and including at least one second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), carbType: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Naoyuki SANADA, Masaya HAGIWARA
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Publication number: 20220072606Abstract: A pressed powder material of embodiments is a pressed powder material including a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles and an intercalated phase, each of the flaky magnetic metal particles having a flat surface and a magnetic metal phase containing at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, the flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m and an average value of the ratio of the average length in the flat surface with respect to the thickness of from 5 to 10,000, the intercalated phase existing between the flaky magnetic metal particles and containing at least one second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and fluorine (F), wherein in the pressed powder material, the flat surface is oriented in parallel to a plane of the pressed powder material and has the difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the plane, the intercalated phase includes an oxide and a resin, theType: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Naoyuki SANADA, Masaya HAGIWARA
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Patent number: 11258327Abstract: The magnetic wedge of embodiments is a magnetic wedge used for a rotating electrical machine and includes magnetic bodies having a planar structure having a principal plane. The principal planes of the magnetic bodies are disposed approximately perpendicularly to the air-gap surface between a stator and a rotor of a rotating electrical machine. The magnetic bodies have differences in the axial direction magnetic permeability in the axial direction of the rotating electrical machine, the rotational direction magnetic permeability in the direction of rotation, and the diametric direction magnetic permeability in the direction of the diameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroaki Kinouchi, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Takahiro Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20210305851Abstract: A pressed powder material of the embodiments is a pressed powder material including: a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles, each flaky magnetic metal particle having a flat surface and a magnetic metal phase containing at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, the flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m and an average value of the ratio of the average length in the flat surface to the thickness of from 5 to 10,000; and an intercalated phase existing between the flaky magnetic metal particles and containing at least one second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and fluorine (F), in which the pressed powder material includes a plane, and in which the pressed powder material includes, in a predetermined cross-section perpendicular to the flat surfaces, a void site at the boundary part between the flat surface of a flaky magnetic metal particle and the intercalated phase in coType: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Naoyuki Sanada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Yasuyuki Hotta
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Publication number: 20210082608Abstract: A magnetic material of the embodiments is a magnetic material including: a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles, each flaky magnetic metal particle having a flat surface and amagneticmetalphase containing at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, the flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m and having an average value of the ratio of the average length in the flat surface to the thickness of from 5 to 10,000; and an intercalated phase existing between the flaky magnetic metal particles and containing at least one second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and fluorine (F), in which the magnetic material includes the intercalated phase at a volume ratio of from 4% to 17% and includes voids at a volume ratio of 30% or less, and an average angle of orientation between the flat surface and a plane of the magnetic material is 10° or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Naoyuki SANADA, Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI
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Patent number: 10937576Abstract: The flaky magnetic metal particles of the embodiments include a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles, each of the flaky magnetic metal particles including a first magnetic particle including a flat surface, at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, an average ratio between the maximum length and the minimum length in the flat surface being between 1 and 5 inclusive, an average thickness of the first magnetic particles being between 10 nm and 100 ?m inclusive, an average aspect ratio of the first magnetic particles being between 5 and 10000 inclusive; and a plurality of second magnetic particles disposed on the flat surface, an average number of the second magnetic particles being five or more, an average diameter of the second magnetic particles being between 10 nm and 1 ?m inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Tomoko Eguchi, Hiroaki Kinouchi
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Publication number: 20200340087Abstract: Provided is a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles of the embodiments, each flaky magnetic metal particle having a flat surface provided with either or both of a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities arranged in a first direction, each concavity or convexity having a width of 0.1 ?m or more, a length of 1 ?m or more, and an aspect ratio of 2 or higher; and at least one first element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and nickel (Ni), the flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of between 10 nm and 100 ?m inclusive and an average aspect ratio of between 5 and 10,000 inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20200303106Abstract: A plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles of embodiments is a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m, each of the flaky magnetic metal particles having a flat surface; a magnetic metal phase containing at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni; and the difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the flat surface, the average value of the ratio of the average length within the flat surface with respect to the thickness being from 5 to 10,000, and the flaky magnetic metal particles including a flaky magnetic metal particle having either a crack in the direction of the thickness of the flaky magnetic metal particle, the crack having a depth equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the flaky magnetic metal particle and a width shorter than the depth, or a crack in a direction parallel to the flat surface, the crack having a length equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the flaky magnetic meType: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Naoyuki SANADA, Takahiro KAWAMOTO
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Patent number: 10774404Abstract: Provided is a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles of the embodiments, each flaky magnetic metal particle having a flat surface provided with either or both of a plurality of concavities and a plurality of convexities arranged in a first direction, each concavity or convexity having a width of 0.1 ?m or more, a length of 1 ?m or more, and an aspect ratio of 2 or higher; and at least one first element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and nickel (Ni), the flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of between 10 nm and 100 ?m inclusive and an average aspect ratio of between 5 and 10,000 inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20200082963Abstract: The magnetic composite material of the embodiments is a magnetic composite material that includes a magnetic material having a plane at the surface; and a plate-shaped reinforcing material, the magnetic material having a plurality of magnetic bodies having a planar structure and having a magnetic metal phase containing at least one first element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and nickel (Ni), and principal surfaces; and an intercalated phase containing at least one second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and fluorine (F). In the magnetic composite material, the principal surfaces are oriented to be approximately parallel to the plane and have the difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20200043639Abstract: Flaky magnetic metal particles of embodiments each have a flat surface and a magnetic metal phase containing iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and silicon (Si). An amount of Co is from 0.001 at % to 80 at % with respect to the total amount of Fe and Co. An amount of Si is from 0.001 at % to 30 at % with respect to the total amount of the magnetic metal phase. The flaky magnetic metal particles have an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 ?m. An average value of the ratio of the average length in the flat surface with respect to a thickness in each of the flaky magnetic metal particles is from 5 to 10,000. The flaky magnetic metal particles have the difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the flat surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Takahiro KAWAMOTO, Naoyuki SANADA
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Publication number: 20200035391Abstract: The flaky magnetic metal particles of the embodiments include a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles, each of the flaky magnetic metal particles including a first magnetic particle including a flat surface, at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, an average ratio between the maximum length and the minimum length in the flat surface being between 1 and 5 inclusive, an average thickness of the first magnetic particles being between 10 nm and 100 ?m inclusive, an average aspect ratio of the first magnetic particles being between 5 and 10000 inclusive; and a plurality of second magnetic particles disposed on the flat surface, an average number of the second magnetic particles being five or more, an average diameter of the second magnetic particles being between 10 nm and 1 ?m inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Tomoko Eguchi, Hiroaki Kinouchi