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).

  • Patent number: 11870300
    Abstract: 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 co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sanada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Yasuyuki Hotta
  • Publication number: 20230313349
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Takahiro KAWAMOTO, Naoyuki SANADA
  • Publication number: 20230290548
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Naoyuki SANADA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI
  • Patent number: 11692250
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto, Naoyuki Sanada
  • Patent number: 11597010
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinouchi, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Takahiro Kawamoto, Yasuyuki Hotta
  • Patent number: 11588359
    Abstract: 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), car
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinouchi, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Naoyuki Sanada, Masaya Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 11459645
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20220298613
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masaya Hagiwara, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Naoyuki Sanada, Hiroaki Kinouchi
  • Publication number: 20220085669
    Abstract: 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), carb
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Naoyuki SANADA, Masaya HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220072606
    Abstract: 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, the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Naoyuki SANADA, Masaya HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 11258327
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinouchi, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Takahiro Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20210305851
    Abstract: 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 co
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sanada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Yasuyuki Hotta
  • Publication number: 20210082608
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoyuki SANADA, Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI
  • Patent number: 10937576
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Tomoko Eguchi, Hiroaki Kinouchi
  • Publication number: 20200340087
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20200303106
    Abstract: 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 me
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Naoyuki SANADA, Takahiro KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10774404
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20200082963
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki Kinouchi, Takahiro Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20200043639
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Hiroaki KINOUCHI, Takahiro KAWAMOTO, Naoyuki SANADA
  • Publication number: 20200035391
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Tomoko Eguchi, Hiroaki Kinouchi