Patents by Inventor Toyonobu Tanaka
Toyonobu Tanaka 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: 11953047Abstract: A formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may include a screw portion, wherein the screw portion is a form-rolled portion. A method for producing a formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may involve forming a screw portion having superelasticity by plastically working at least a portion of a material for the formed body with form-rolling in a state that a crystal structure is an A2-type structure and then, subjecting heat-treatment so as to convert the A2-type crystal structure into an L21-type crystal structure. The screw portion can be formed with good working property, and has excellent fatigue resistance and breaking resistance.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Sumio Kise, Toyonobu Tanaka, Kenji Uruma, Kouji Ishikawa, Nanami Kataoka, Shigekazu Yokoyama, Toyohiko Higashida, Yoshitaka Azuma
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Publication number: 20220120308Abstract: A formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may include a screw portion, wherein the screw portion is a form-rolled portion. A method for producing a formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may involve forming a screw portion having superelasticity by plastically working at least a portion of a material for the formed body with form-rolling in a state that a crystal structure is an A2-type structure and then, subjecting heat-treatment so as to convert the A2-type crystal structure into an L21-type crystal structure. The screw portion can be formed with good working property, and has excellent fatigue resistance and breaking resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Sumio KISE, Toyonobu TANAKA, Kenji URUMA, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Nanami KATAOKA, Shigekazu YOKOYAMA, Toyohiko HIGASHIDA, Yoshitaka AZUMA
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Patent number: 11118255Abstract: A Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy material (1) having a composition comprising: given contents of Al and Mn, and a given total content of at least one selected from Ni and the like; with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein the alloy material has a shape elongated in the working direction (RD), wherein a grain length ax in the RD is R/2 or less to the width or diameter (R), a grain length bx in a direction perpendicular to the RD is R/4 or less, and the amount of grains X (2) is 15% or less, and wherein a grain length a in the RD and a grain length b in the direction perpendicular to the RD satisfy: a?b, and an angle formed by the normal line of the (111) plane and the RD is 15° or larger, the amount of grains Y? (3) is 85% or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Misato Fujii, Sumio Kise, Toyonobu Tanaka, Kenji Nakamizo, Koji Ishikawa, Toshihiro Omori, Ryosuke Kainuma
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Patent number: 10920305Abstract: A Fe-based shape memory alloy material, containing 25 atom % to 42 atom % of Mn, 9 atom % to 13 atom % of Al, 5 atom % to 12 atom % of Ni, and 5.1 atom % to 15 atom % of Cr, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities; a method of producing the same; and a wire material and sheet material composed of the alloy material.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Omori, Ryosuke Kainuma, Yuki Noguchi, Sumio Kise, Toyonobu Tanaka
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Patent number: 10400311Abstract: A wrought material containing a Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy, in which an existence frequency of a coincidence grain boundary with a ? value of 3 or less is 35% or more but 75% or less, and which has a recrystallized microstructure substantially formed from a ? single phase; and the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Sumio Kise, Toyonobu Tanaka, Kenji Nakamizo, Koji Ishikawa, Misato Fujii, Toshihiro Omori, Ryosuke Kainuma
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Patent number: 10351939Abstract: A Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy having superelastic characteristics and having a recrystallized texture substantially formed of a ? single phase, in which 70% or more of crystal grains is within a range of 0° to 50° in a deviation angle from <001> orientation of a crystalline orientation measured in a working direction by electron back-scatter diffraction patterning.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Omori, Shingo Kawata, Ryosuke Kainuma, Kiyohito Ishida, Toyonobu Tanaka, Kenji Nakamizo, Sumio Kise, Koji Ishikawa, Misato Nakano, Satoshi Teshigawara
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Publication number: 20190153571Abstract: A Fe-based shape memory alloy material, containing 25 atom % to 42 atom % of Mn, 9 atom % to 13 atom % of Al, 5 atom % to 12 atom % of Ni, and 5.1 atom % to 15 atom % of Cr, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities; a method of producing the same; and a wire material and sheet material composed of the alloy material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro OMORI, Ryosuke KAINUMA, Yuki NOGUCHI, Sumio KISE, Toyonobu TANAKA
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Publication number: 20190133803Abstract: A hallux valgus correction device (1) for correcting hallux valgus, the hallux valgus correction device including: a corrector (10) made of a superelastic alloy; and a fixture (2, 3, and 4) formed from a fabric to attach the corrector, in which the corrector has a hinge part (11) that is rotationally movable in the bending direction and the stretching direction of one toe or a plurality of toes in need of correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicants: FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tohoku UniversityInventors: Sumio KISE, Toyonobu TANAKA, Ryosuke KAINUMA, Toshihiro OMORI, Masahito HATORI, Tadakuni KAMEDA, Norihito SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20160376688Abstract: A Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy material (1) having a composition comprising: given contents of Al and Mn, and a given total content of at least one selected from Ni and the like; with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein the alloy material has a shape elongated in the working direction (RD), wherein a grain length ax in the RD is R/2 or less to the width or diameter (R), a grain length bx in a direction perpendicular to the RD is R/4 or less, and the amount of grains X (2) is 15% or less, and wherein a grain length a in the RD and a grain length b in the direction perpendicular to the RD satisfy: a?b, and an angle formed by the normal line of the (111) plane and the RD is 15° or larger, the amount of grains Y? (3) is 85% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., Tohoku UniversityInventors: Misato FUJII, Sumio KISE, Toyonobu TANAKA, Kenji NAKAMIZO, Koji ISHIKAWA, Toshihiro OMORI, Ryosuke KAINUMA
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Publication number: 20160130683Abstract: A wrought material containing a Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy, in which an existence frequency of a coincidence grain boundary with a ? value of 3 or less is 35% or more but 75% or less, and which has a recrystallized microstructure substantially formed from a ? single phase; and the use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicants: FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tohoku UniversityInventors: Sumio KISE, Toyonobu TANAKA, Kenji NAKAMIZO, Koji ISHIKAWA, Misato FUJII, Toshihiro OMORI, Ryosuke KAINUMA
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Publication number: 20160060740Abstract: A Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy rod having superelastic characteristics and having a recrystallized microstructure substantially formed of a ? single phase, wherein, for a longitudinal direction cross section of the rod, a region, in which a grain size of each of grains is a radius of the rod or more, is 90% or more of the longitudinal direction cross section at any location of the rod, and wherein an average grain size of the grains, in which the grain size is the radius of the rod or more, is 80% or more of a diameter of the rod; a Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy sheet; a production method thereof; a vibration damping material using thereof; a vibration damping structure constructed by using the vibration damping material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro OMORI, Tomoe KUSAMA, Ryosuke KAINUMA, Kiyohito ISHIDA, Toyonobu TANAKA, Sumio KISE, Kenji NAKAMIZO, Koji ISHIKAWA, Misato FUJII, Satoshi TESHIGAWARA
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Publication number: 20150225826Abstract: A Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy having superelastic characteristics and having a recrystallized texture substantially formed of a ? single phase, in which 70% or more of crystal grains is within a range of 0° to 50° in a deviation angle from <001> orientation of a crystalline orientation measured in a working direction by electron back-scatter diffraction patterning.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD, FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro OMORI, Shingo KAWATA, Ryosuke KAINUMA, Kiyohito ISHIDA, Toyonobu TANAKA, Kenji NAKAMIZO, Sumio KISE, Koji ISHIKAWA, Misato NAKANO, Satoshi TESHIGAWARA
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Patent number: 7083687Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of: molybdenum (Mo) as a ? stabilizer element of titanium (Ti): from 2 to 12 at %; an ? stabilizer element of the titanium (Ti): from 0.1 to 14 at %; and the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities. The ? stabilizer element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
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Publication number: 20050254990Abstract: Super-elastic titanium alloy for a living body consisting essentially of: Niobium (Nb) as an element to stabilize ?-phase: from 5 to 40 mol %; at least one element selected from the group consisting of gold (Au), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and silver (Ag): Au: from over 0 to 10 mol %, Pt: from over 0 to 10 mol %, Pd: from over 0 to 10 mol %, Ag: from over 0 to 10 mol %, wherein a total thereof being up to 20 mol %; and balance being titanium and inevitable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicants: Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd., Shuichi MIYAZAKI, Hideki HOSODAInventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
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Publication number: 20050161130Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of: molybdenum (Mo) as a ? stabilizer element of titanium (Ti): from 2 to 12 at %; an ? stabilizer element of the titanium (Ti): from 0.1 to 14 at %; and the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities. The ? stabilizer element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
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Patent number: 6921441Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of: a molybdenum (Mo) as a ? stabilizer element of titanium (Ti): from 2 to 12 at %; an ? stabilizer element of the titanium (Ti): from 0.1 to 14 at %; and the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities. The ? stabilizer element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
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Publication number: 20050011596Abstract: The present invention provides a biomedical superelastic Ti-based alloy containing 5 to 40 at % of Nb that is an element for stabilizing ?-phase of Ti, and containing Ti and unavoidable impurities as the residual part. Further, the present invention provides a biomedical superelastic Ti-based alloy with a composition having 5 to 40 at % of Nb, one or more elements selected from among 10 at % or less of Mo, 15 at % or less of Al, 10 at % or less of Ge, 10 at % or less of Ga, and 15 at % of less of In, 30 at % or less of the sum total of one or more elements selected from among Mo, Al, Ge, Ga, and In, 60 at % or less of the sum total of Nb and one or more elements selected from among Mo, Al, Ge, Ga, and In, and Ti and unavoidable impurities as the residual part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2003Publication date: January 20, 2005Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda, Yusuke Fukui, Satoru Hashimoto, Yoshinori Omatsu
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Publication number: 20030188810Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of:Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
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Publication number: 20020112788Abstract: An Ni—Ti—Cu shape memory alloy electrothermal actuator element that recovers its original shape by electrical heating, having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, comprising an Ni—Ti—Cu shape memory alloy wire which contains 49.0 to 51.0 at % of Ti, and 5.0 to 12.0 at % of Cu, with the balance being made of Ni, wherein the actuator element has a deterioration rate of shape strain recovery of 0.5% or less after repeating desired times of shape recovery movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Keizo Iwasaki, Kengo Mitose