Patents by Inventor Yasunori Hyogo
Yasunori Hyogo 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: 11534872Abstract: In a mixed composition coating material for brazing, when a total mass of a solid material, an organic solvent, and water is defined as 100 mass %, the solid material are contained in an amount of 30 mass % or greater and 80 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material, the organic solvent and the water is contained in a total amount of 20 mass % or greater and 70 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material, and the water is contained in an amount of 0.4 mass % or greater and 2.5 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: MA Aluminum CorporationInventors: Masaya Katsumata, Yasunori Hyogo
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Publication number: 20200047290Abstract: In a mixed composition coating material for brazing, when a total mass of a solid material, an organic solvent, and water is defined as 100 mass %, the solid material are contained in an amount of 30 mass % or greater and 80 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material, the organic solvent and the water is contained in a total amount of 20 mass % or greater and 70 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material, and the water is contained in an amount of 0.4 mass % or greater and 2.5 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya KATSUMATA, Yasunori HYOGO
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Patent number: 10386134Abstract: A heat transfer tube includes: a tube body made of an extruded material of an aluminum alloy having a composition including: 0.3 mass % or more and less than 0.8 mass % of Mn; more than 0.1 mass % and less than 0.32 mass % of Si; 0.3 mass % or less of Fe; 0.06 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less of Ti; and Al balance including inevitable impurities, a ratio of a Mn content to a Si content, Mn %/Si %, exceeding 2.5; and a Zn-containing layer provided to an outer surface of the tube body.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Furumura, Yasunori Hyogo
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Publication number: 20180094881Abstract: A heat transfer tube includes: a tube body made of an extruded material of an aluminum alloy having a composition including: 0.3 mass % or more and less than 0.8 mass % of Mn; more than 0.1 mass % and less than 0.32 mass % of Si; 0.3 mass % or less of Fe; 0.06 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less of Ti; and Al balance including inevitable impurities, a ratio of a Mn content to a Si content, Mn %/Si %, exceeding 2.5; and a Zn-containing layer provided to an outer surface of the tube body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co. , Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Furumura, Yasunori Hyogo
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Patent number: 9857128Abstract: An extruded heat transfer tube with an internal passage includes a tube body made of an extruded material of an aluminum alloy having a composition that includes 0.3 mass % or more and less than 0.8 mass % of Mn; more than 0.1 mass % and less than 0.32 mass % of Si; 0.3 mass % or less of Fe; 0.06 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less of Ti; and Al balance including inevitable impurities, a ratio of a Mn content to a Si content, Mn %/Si %, exceeding 2.5. The extruded heat transfer tube further includes a Zn-containing layer provided directly on an outer surface of the tube body.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Furumura, Yasunori Hyogo
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Patent number: 9328977Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger with aluminum alloy tubes is provided by assembling and brazing. A coating which includes from 1 to 5 g/m2 of Si powder, from 3 to 20 g/m2 of Zn containing flux, and from 0.2 to 8.3 g/m2 of binder is formed on the aluminum alloy tubes. The fins contain Zn and 0.8 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, Si in a ratio of 1/2.5 to 1/3.5 relative to the Mn, and less than 0.30% by mass of Fe. A fillet is formed between the tube and the aluminum alloy fin after brazing, and a primary crystal portion is formed in the fillet. A eutectic crystal portion is formed in a portion other than the primary crystal portion, and the electric potential of the primary crystal portion is equal to or higher than the electric potential of the aluminum alloy fin.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Hyogo, Michihide Yoshino
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Publication number: 20160097607Abstract: A heat exchanger tube precursor that allows manufacturing a heat exchanger having high corrosion resistance after brazing treatment is provided. The heat exchanger tube precursor includes: an Al alloy tube; and a flux layer including a Si powder, a Zn-containing flux, a Zn-free flux, and a binder, the flux layer being formed on an outer surface of the Al alloy tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaya KATSUMATA, Yasunori Hyogo
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Patent number: 9283633Abstract: A heat exchanger tube precursor that allows manufacturing a heat exchanger having high corrosion resistance after brazing treatment is provided. The heat exchanger tube precursor includes: an Al alloy tube; and a flux layer including a Si powder, a Zn-containing flux, a Zn-free flux, and a binder, the flux layer being formed on an outer surface of the Al alloy tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co. Ltd.Inventors: Masaya Katsumata, Yasunori Hyogo
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Publication number: 20150096724Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger with aluminum alloy tubes is provided by assembling and brazing. A coating which includes from 1 to 5 g/m2 of Si powder, from 3 to 20 g/m2 of Zn containing flux, and from 0.2 to 8.3 g/m2 of binder is formed on the aluminum alloy tubes. The fins contain Zn and 0.8 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, Si in a ratio of 1/2.5 to 1/3.5 relative to the Mn, and less than 0.30% by mass of Fe. A fillet is formed between the tube and the aluminum alloy fin after brazing, and a primary crystal portion is formed in the fillet. A eutectic crystal portion is formed in a portion other than the primary crystal portion, and the electric potential of the primary crystal portion is equal to or higher than the electric potential of the aluminum alloy fin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori HYOGO, Michihide YOSHINO
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Publication number: 20150060035Abstract: A heat transfer tube includes: a tube body made of an extruded material of an aluminum alloy having a composition including: 0.3 mass % or more and less than 0.8 mass % of Mn; more than 0.1 mass % and less than 0.32 mass % of Si; 0.3 mass % or less of Fe; 0.06 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less of Ti; and Al balance including inevitable impurities, a ratio of a Mn content to a Si content, Mn %/Si %, exceeding 2.5; and a Zn-containing layer provided to an outer surface of the tube body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Furumura, Yasunori Hyogo
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Patent number: 8945721Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger with aluminum alloy tubes is provided by assembling and brazing. A coating which includes from 1 to 5 g/m2 of Si powder, from 3 to 20 g/m2 of Zn containing flux, and from 0.2 to 8.3 g/m2 of binder is formed on the aluminum alloy tubes. The fins contain Zn and 0.8 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, Si in a ratio of 1/2.5 to 1/3.5 relative to the Mn, and less than 0.30% by mass of Fe. A fillet is formed between the tube and the aluminum alloy fin after brazing, and a primary crystal portion is formed in the fillet. A eutectic crystal portion is formed in a portion other than the primary crystal portion, and the electric potential of the primary crystal portion is equal to or higher than the electric potential of the aluminum alloy fin.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Hyogo, Michihide Yoshino
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Publication number: 20140186560Abstract: A heat exchanger tube precursor that allows manufacturing a heat exchanger having high corrosion resistance after brazing treatment is provided. The heat exchanger tube precursor includes: an Al alloy tube; and a flux layer including a Si powder, a Zn-containing flux, a Zn-free flux, and a binder, the flux layer being formed on an outer surface of the Al alloy tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya KATSUMATA, Yasunori Hyogo
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Patent number: 8640766Abstract: A heat exchanger tube comprising an Al alloy extruded tube, and a flux layer including Si powder, Zn-containing flux, and binder formed on an outer surface of the Al alloy extruded tube, wherein an amount of the Si powder applied on the Al alloy extruded tube is in a range of 1 g/m2 or more and 5 g/m2 or less, an amount of the Zn containing flux applied on the Al alloy extruded tube is in a range of 3 g/m2 or more and 20 g/m2 or less, and the Si powder has a particle diameter distribution such that 99% particle diameter is 5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less, and an amount of coarse particle having a diameter of not smaller than 5 times (D99) is less than 1 ppm by volume.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya Katsumata, Yasunori Hyogo
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Publication number: 20120318488Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger formed by assembling and brazing an aluminum alloy tube and an aluminum alloy fin to each other, wherein a coating for brazing comprising 1 to 5 g/m2 of Si powder, 3 to 20 g/m2 of Zn containing flux, and 0.2 to 8.3 g/m2 of binder is formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy tube; the fin contains 0.8 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, Si in an amount of 1/2.5 to 1/3.5 of Mn content; less than 0.30% by mass of Fe, and Zn in an amount that is controlled in relation with the amount of the Zn containing flux in the coating for brazing to be in a region enclosed by points A, B, C, D, E, F of FIG.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., LtdInventors: Yasunori Hyogo, Michihide Yoshino
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Publication number: 20100116472Abstract: A heat exchanger tube comprising an Al alloy extruded tube, and a flux layer including Si powder, Zn-containing flux, and binder formed on an outer surface of the Al alloy extruded tube, wherein an amount of the Si powder applied on the Al alloy extruded tube is in a range of 1 g/m2 or more and 5 g/m2 or less, an amount of the Zn containing flux applied on the Al alloy extruded tube is in a range of 3 g/m2 or more and 20 g/m2 or less, and the Si powder has a particle diameter distribution such that 99% particle diameter is 5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less, and an amount of coarse particle having a diameter of not smaller than 5 times (D99) is less than 1 ppm by volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaya KATSUMATA, Yasunori HYOGO, Akira WATANABE
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Publication number: 20100051247Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a tube, a fin, and a header pipe, wherein the tube contains, in mass %, 0.15 to 0.45% of Mn, 0.20 to 0.50% of Si, and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities, and is coated with a coating of brazing composition containing 1.0 to 5.0 g/m2 of Si powder, 4.0 to 10.0 g/m2 of KZnF3, and 0.5 to 3.0 g/m2 of binder; the fin contains, in mass %, 1.20 to 1.80% of Zn, 0.70 to 1.20% of Si, 0.30 to 0.80% of Fe, 0.90 to 1.50% of Mn, one or two or more selected from 0.05 to 0.20% of Zr, 0.01 to 0.10% of V, and 0.01 to 0.10% of Cr, and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; and the header pipe comprises a core material, outer sacrificial corrosion protection material, and an inner brazing material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicants: Calsonic Kansei Corporation, Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sogabe, Takumi Funatsu, Masayoshi Shinhama, Yasunori Hyogo, Masaya Katsumata, Masami Asano
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Patent number: 7588073Abstract: An aluminum alloy-based extruded multi-path flat tube having a multiple number of passageways extending internally through the flat tube in parallel with one another and adapted to be coupled to other such flat tubes to form a heat exchanger after performing a brazing operation with the flat tube having a surface layer extending inwardly from the external surface containing at least 5% non-recrystallized grains and having an inner layer extending from the surface area containing at least 30% recrystallized grains.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasunori Hyogo, Masaya Katsumata, Masami Asano
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Publication number: 20060260724Abstract: An aluminum alloy-based extruded flat tube having the increased proof strength and pressure-resistant strength is disclosed. An aluminum alloy-based extruded multi-path flat tube that is obtained by extruding an aluminum alloy billet is subjected to the low strain working at the low strain of 2% to 15% prior to the brazing process. After the flat tube is brazed, it may have the organization that includes the surface layer containing equal to 5% or more than 5% of non-recrystallized grains and the inner layer containing equal to 30% or more than 30% of recrystallized grains. The strain may be expressed as (1?H/H0) * 100%, for example, in which H0 refers to the height of the flat tube prior to low strain working process, and H refers to the height of the flat tube after the low strain working process is completed. The proof strength can be increased by the non-recrystallized grains contained in the surface layer 1a and in the surface layer 2a in the path of fluid passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Inventors: Yasunori Hyogo, Masaya Katsumata, Masami Asano
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Publication number: 20060000586Abstract: A method of making a heat exchanger tube having higher corrosion resistance is provided. The heat exchanger tube includes an Al alloy extruded tube, and a flux layer containing a Si powder and a Zn-containing flux formed on the external surface of the Al alloy extruded tube, wherein an amount of the Si powder applied to the Al alloy extruded tube is not less than 1 g/m2 and not more than 5 g/m2, and an amount of the Zn-containing flux applied to the Al alloy extruded tube is not less than 5 g/m2 and not more than 20 g/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Applicant: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaya Katsumata, Yasunori Hyogo, Akira Watanabe
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Publication number: 20050006065Abstract: A heat exchanger tube having higher corrosion resistance is provided. The heat exchanger tube includes an Al alloy extruded tube, and a flux layer containing a Si powder and a Zn-containing flux formed on the external surface of the Al alloy extruded tube, wherein an amount of the Si powder applied to the Al alloy extruded tube is not less than 1 g/m2 and not more than 5 g/m2, and an amount of the Zn-containing flux applied to the Al alloy extruded tube is not less than 5 g/m2 and not more than 20 g/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Applicant: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaya Katsumata, Yasunori Hyogo, Akira Watanabe