Patents by Inventor Yasufumi OTSUKA

Yasufumi OTSUKA 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: 11607729
    Abstract: An aluminum-based composite material includes a plurality of coarse crystalline grains (3) of pure aluminum, and a plurality of fine crystalline grains (4) each having an aluminum matrix (1), and a dispersion material (2) dispersed inside the aluminum matrix and formed by reacting a portion or all of an additive with aluminum in the aluminum matrix. The fine crystalline grains exist among the coarse crystalline grains, and the fine crystalline grains have crystalline grain diameters smaller than crystalline grain diameters of the coarse crystalline grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Kondoh, Yasufumi Otsuka, Satoru Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 11248279
    Abstract: An aluminum-based composite material includes an aluminum parent phase, and stick-shaped or needle-shaped dispersive matter of aluminum carbide dispersed in the aluminum parent phase. A method of manufacturing the aluminum-based composite material includes a step of mixing aluminum powder having a purity of 99% by mass or higher with a stick-shaped or needle-shaped carbon material, and pressing and molding a resulting mixture, so as to prepare a compacted powder body. The manufacturing method further includes a step of heating the compacted powder body at 600C to 660C to react the carbon material with aluminum in the aluminum powder, so as to disperse the stick-shaped or needle-shaped dispersive matter of aluminum carbide in the aluminum parent phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi Otsuka, Satoru Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 11075020
    Abstract: An aluminum based composite material includes an aluminum parent phase and dispersions dispersed in the aluminum parent phase and formed such that a portion or all of additives react with aluminum in the aluminum parent phase, an average particle diameter of the dispersions is 20 nm or less, a content of the dispersions is 0.25% by mass or more and 0.72% by mass or less in terms of carbon amount, and an interval between the dispersions adjacent to each other is 210 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi Otsuka, Satoru Yoshinaga
  • Publication number: 20210213527
    Abstract: An aluminum-based composite material includes a plurality of coarse crystalline grains (3) of pure aluminum, and a plurality of fine crystalline grains (4) each having an aluminum matrix (1), and a dispersion material (2) dispersed inside the aluminum matrix and formed by reacting a portion or all of an additive with aluminum in the aluminum matrix. The fine crystalline grains exist among the coarse crystalline grains, and the fine crystalline grains have crystalline grain diameters smaller than crystalline grain diameters of the coarse crystalline grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Kondoh, Yasufumi OTSUKA, Satoru YOSHINAGA
  • Publication number: 20190122783
    Abstract: An aluminum based composite material includes an aluminum parent phase and dispersions dispersed in the aluminum parent phase and formed such that a portion or all of additives react with aluminum in the aluminum parent phase, an average particle diameter of the dispersions is 20 nm or less, a content of the dispersions is 0.25% by mass or more and 0.72% by mass or less in terms of carbon amount, and an interval between the dispersions adjacent to each other is 210 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasufumi OTSUKA, Satoru YOSHINAGA
  • Publication number: 20170120340
    Abstract: An aluminum-based composite material includes a plurality of coarse crystalline grains (3) of pure aluminum, and a plurality of fine crystalline grains (4) each having an aluminum matrix (1), and a dispersion material (2) dispersed inside the aluminum matrix and formed by reacting a portion or all of an additive with aluminum in the aluminum matrix. The fine crystalline grains exist among the coarse crystalline grains, and the fine crystalline grains have crystalline grain diameters smaller than crystalline grain diameters of the coarse crystalline grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi KONDOH, Yasufumi OTSUKA, Satoru YOSHINAGA
  • Publication number: 20170073797
    Abstract: An aluminum-based composite material includes an aluminum parent phase, and stick-shaped or needle-shaped dispersive matter of aluminum carbide dispersed in the aluminum parent phase. A method of manufacturing the aluminum-based composite material includes a step of mixing aluminum powder having a purity of 99% by mass or higher with a stick-shaped or needle-shaped carbon material, and pressing and molding a resulting mixture, so as to prepare a compacted powder body. The manufacturing method further includes a step of heating the compacted powder body at 600C to 660C to react the carbon material with aluminum in the aluminum powder, so as to disperse the stick-shaped or needle-shaped dispersive matter of aluminum carbide in the aluminum parent phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi OTSUKA, Satoru YOSHINAGA