Patents by Inventor Yoichi Kojima

Yoichi Kojima 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: 11519090
    Abstract: The method for producing an electrolytic aluminum foil of the present disclosure is a method for producing an electrolytic aluminum foil, the method including supplying an electrolytic solution in an electrolytic cell provided with a diaphragm between an anode and a cathode and depositing an aluminum foil on a surface of the cathode by electrolysis, wherein the diaphragm is made of aluminum having a purity of 85.0% or more and has a plurality of pores having an average pore diameter of 100 to 1000 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Honkawa, Junji Nunomura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11225725
    Abstract: A method for producing aluminum includes: a dissolution step of dissolving a hydrate containing Al in water to prepare an aqueous solution that contains Al ions; an extraction step of bringing an organic phase that is composed of an extractant into contact with an aqueous phase that is composed of the aqueous solution to extract the Al ions in the aqueous phase into the organic phase; and an electrodeposition step of electrolyzing the organic phase as an electrolytic solution to electrodeposit metallic Al onto a surface of a cathode from the Al ions in the electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Nunomura, Yukio Honkawa, Yoichi Kojima, Mikito Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220002892
    Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum material, including: providing an electrolytic cell in which an anode electrode containing 0.01 to 30% by mass Si and Al and a cathode electrode are immersed in an electrolytic solution and depositing aluminum on the cathode electrode by energizing the anode electrode and the cathode electrode in the electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji NUNOMURA, Yukio HONKAWA, Yoichi KOJIMA, Tetsuya TSUDA
  • Patent number: 11035047
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-quality electrolytic aluminum foil which includes a smooth surface and an end portion containing no dendritic deposit, and a method for producing the same which can obtain the electrolytic aluminum foil at a high collection rate. An electrolytic aluminum foil of the present disclosure includes a surface having an arithmetic average height (Sa) of 0.15 ?m or less, wherein when, for a size of a crystal grain present in a cross-sectional surface, a first maximum dimension as measured in a thickness direction of the cross-sectional surface is x (?m), and a second maximum dimension as measured in a width direction of the cross-sectional surface is y (?m), x and y satisfy (x+y)/2?3 ?m and 1?x/y?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Honkawa, Junji Nunomura, Yoichi Kojima, Koichi Ui
  • Patent number: 10927469
    Abstract: A production method of aluminum including: a step of synthesizing an aluminum compound from a mixture including a halogenated aluminum hydrate and a perfluoroalkylsulfonimide-type or perfluoroalkylsulfonamide-type ionic liquid represented by general formula (1); a step of dissolving the aluminum compound in a nitrile-based organic solvent to prepare an aluminum electrolyte; a step of adding at least one ligand selected from a phosphorus compound and an organic compound having an amide group to the aluminum electrolyte and dehydrating water molecules from a hydrate included in the aluminum electrolyte; and a step of electrodepositing aluminum on a cathode by allowing electricity to pass between an anode and the cathode in the aluminum electrolyte after the dehydrating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Nunomura, Yoichi Kojima, Mikito Ueda
  • Publication number: 20200131656
    Abstract: A production method of aluminum including: a step of synthesizing an aluminum compound from a mixture including a halogenated aluminum hydrate and a perfluoroalkylsulfonimide-type or perfluoroalkylsulfonamide-type ionic liquid represented by general formula (1); a step of dissolving the aluminum compound in a nitrile-based organic solvent to prepare an aluminum electrolyte; a step of adding at least one ligand selected from a phosphorus compound and an organic compound having an amide group to the aluminum electrolyte and dehydrating water molecules from a hydrate included in the aluminum electrolyte; and a step of electrodepositing aluminum on a cathode by allowing electricity to pass between an anode and the cathode in the aluminum electrolyte after the dehydrating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji NUNOMURA, Yoichi KOJIMA, Mikito UEDA
  • Patent number: 10590555
    Abstract: A method for producing high quality electrolytic aluminum foil excellent in peelability from a cathode surface is provided. A method for producing electrolytic aluminum foil according to the present disclosure is a method for producing electrolytic aluminum foil, comprising steps of depositing an aluminum film on a surface of a cathode in an electrolytic cell supplied with an electrolytic solution and comprising the cathode; and peeling the deposited aluminum film from the surface of the cathode to provide aluminum foil, wherein the cathode has surface roughness of an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.10 to 0.40 ?m and a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of 0.20 to 0.70 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Honkawa, Junji Nunomura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20190330752
    Abstract: A method for producing aluminum includes: a dissolution step of dissolving a hydrate containing Al in water to prepare an aqueous solution that contains Al ions; an extraction step of bringing an organic phase that is composed of an extractant into contact with an aqueous phase that is composed of the aqueous solution to extract the Al ions in the aqueous phase into the organic phase; and an electrodeposition step of electrolyzing the organic phase as an electrolytic solution to electrodeposit metallic Al onto a surface of a cathode from the Al ions in the electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Nunomura, Yukio Honkawa, Yoichi Kojima, Mikito Ueda
  • Publication number: 20190292670
    Abstract: The method for producing an electrolytic aluminum foil of the present disclosure is a method for producing an electrolytic aluminum foil, the method including supplying an electrolytic solution in an electrolytic cell provided with a diaphragm between an anode and a cathode and depositing an aluminum foil on a surface of the cathode by electrolysis, wherein the diaphragm is made of aluminum having a purity of 85.0% or more and has a plurality of pores having an average pore diameter of 100 to 1000 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Honkawa, Junji Nunomura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20190276945
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-quality electrolytic aluminum foil which includes a smooth surface and an end portion containing no dendritic deposit, and a method for producing the same which can obtain the electrolytic aluminum foil at a high collection rate. An electrolytic aluminum foil of the present disclosure includes a surface having an arithmetic average height (Sa) of 0.15 ?m or less, wherein when, for a size of a crystal grain present in a cross-sectional surface, a first maximum dimension as measured in a thickness direction of the cross-sectional surface is x (?m), and a second maximum dimension as measured in a width direction of the cross-sectional surface is y (?m), x and y satisfy (x+y)/2?3 ?m and 1?x/y?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Honkawa, Junji Nunomura, Yoichi Kojima, Koichi Ui
  • Patent number: 9999946
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having a good brazing property that prevents diffusion of molten filler material in a core material of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet during a brazing process and which has a superior corrosion resistance to an exhaust gas condensate water after the brazing process is disclosed. A method of manufacturing of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet also is disclosed. A high corrosion-resistant heat exchanger that employs the aluminum alloy brazing sheet also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kamiya, Masaki Harada, Masafumi Saito, Taketoshi Toyoma, Makoto Ando, Yoshiyuki Oya, Akio Niikura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20180080134
    Abstract: A method for producing high quality electrolytic aluminum foil excellent in peelability from a cathode surface is provided. A method for producing electrolytic aluminum foil according to the present disclosure is a method for producing electrolytic aluminum foil, comprising steps of depositing an aluminum film on a surface of a cathode in an electrolytic cell supplied with an electrolytic solution and comprising the cathode; and peeling the deposited aluminum film from the surface of the cathode to provide aluminum foil, wherein the cathode has surface roughness of an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.10 to 0.40 ?m and a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of 0.20 to 0.70 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Yukio Honkawa, Junji Nunomura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Patent number: 9709341
    Abstract: Provided are a heat exchanger that does not impede downsizing and removes water in the heat absorbing pipe adequately with a simple configuration even when the reduction in diameter of the heat absorbing pipe is made. A heat exchanger 5 in which heat absorbing pipes 51 are disposed in a multi-tier arrangement within a casing 50 which is the passage of combustion exhaust gas, both pipe ends 511,512 of each of the heat absorbing pipes 51 are connected respectively to two headers 54, 55 provided on a side plate 52 of the casing 50, and water introduced from an external pipe 63 to each of the heat absorbing pipes 51 through the header 54 is heat-exchanged and heated by combustion exhaust gas. The pipe ends 511, 512 of the heat absorbing pipes 51 are arranged at a predetermined vertical interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekatsu Naruse, Yoichi Kojima, Shinya Otsubo, Masaru Shimazaki, Takeshi Kawashima, Hiroaki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9594196
    Abstract: Light deflector includes: polygon mirror made of plastic and having reflecting surfaces; motor rotatable on a rotation axis; and rotor rotatable by the motor, and including base portion intersecting the axis of rotation, and first protruding portion having circular cylindrical shape and protruding from the base portion in a rotation-axis direction. The polygon mirror has inner surface contacting outer peripheral surface of the first protruding portion, and bottom surface facing to the rotor in the rotation-axis direction. The bottom surface has contacting portion contacting the base portion, and the contacting portion overlaps a line segment connecting the rotation axis and any of vertexes of the polygon mirror viewed from the rotation-axis direction. The bottom surface has non-contacting portion spaced apart from the base portion, and the non-contacting portion overlaps a perpendicular dropped from the rotation axis to any of the reflecting surfaces viewed from the rotation-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayakawa, Yoichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20160282524
    Abstract: Light deflector includes: polygon mirror made of plastic and having reflecting surfaces; motor rotatable on a rotation axis; and rotor rotatable by the motor, and including base portion intersecting the axis of rotation, and first protruding portion having circular cylindrical shape and protruding from the base portion in a rotation-axis direction. The polygon mirror has inner surface contacting outer peripheral surface of the first protruding portion, and bottom surface facing to the rotor in the rotation-axis direction. The bottom surface has contacting portion contacting the base portion, and the contacting portion overlaps a line segment connecting the rotation axis and any of vertexes of the polygon mirror viewed from the rotation-axis direction. The bottom surface has non-contacting portion spaced apart from the base portion, and the non-contacting portion overlaps a perpendicular dropped from the rotation axis to any of the reflecting surfaces viewed from the rotation-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayakawa, Yoichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20160167177
    Abstract: Problem To provide an aluminum alloy brazing sheet, featuring a good brazing property that prevents diffusion of molten filler material in a core material of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet during a brazing process and exhibiting a superior corrosion resistance to an exhaust gas condensate water after the brazing process, a method of manufacturing the aluminum alloy brazing sheet, and a high corrosion-resistant heat exchanger using the aluminum alloy brazing sheet. Resolving Means A high corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy brazing sheet comprises a core material composed of an aluminum alloy, a sacrificial anode material cladded on one surface of the core material, and a filler material composed of an Al/Si-based alloy and cladded on another surface of said core material, and is characterized in that the sacrificial anode material is composed of an aluminum alloy which contains Si falling within a range of 2.5-7.0 mass %, Zn falling a range of 1.0-5.5 mass %, Fe falling within a range of 0.05-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kamiya, Masaki Harada, Masafumi Saito, Taketoshi Toyoma, Makoto Ando, Yoshiyuki Oya, Akio Niikura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Patent number: 9095934
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having a good brazing property that prevents diffusion of molten filler material in a core material of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet during a brazing process and which has a superior corrosion resistance to an exhaust gas condensate water after the brazing process is disclosed. A method of manufacturing of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet also is disclosed. A high corrosion-resistant heat exchanger that employs the aluminum alloy brazing sheet also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: Denso Corp., Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kamiya, Masaki Harada, Masafumi Saito, Taketoshi Toyoma, Makoto Ando, Yoshiyuki Oya, Akio Niikura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20150004041
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing porous aluminum, comprising steps of: press-molding a powder mixture of aluminum powder and supporting powder under pressure of not lower than 200 MPa, the aluminum powder having a volume ratio of 5 to 30% with respect to a total volume of the powder mixture; sintering a press-molded body with heat treatment in an inert atmosphere within a temperature range of not lower than a melting point of the aluminum powder and lower than 700° C.; and removing the supporting powder from a sintered body. With this method, the porous aluminum having a high porosity and a uniform pore diameter, which is suitable for a current collector in a lithium-ion secondary battery and for a variety of filters, is readily manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichi Tanaka, Yoichi Kojima, Yukiou Honkawa
  • Publication number: 20130264037
    Abstract: A latent heat exchanger (1) has a casing (2), a heat-absorbing tube (50) accommodated in the casing (2), an inlet header (60), and an outlet header (70). The casing (2) has a casing main body (10) and a top plate (40) closing an upper opening (16) of the casing main body (10). The back wall (11), the front wall (12), the bottom wall (13), one side wall (14), and the other side wall (15) of the casing main body (10) are formed integrally by draw-processing a single metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Otsubo, Hidekatsu Naruse, Yoichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20130112384
    Abstract: Provided are a heat exchanger that does not impede downsizing and removes water in the heat absorbing pipe adequately with a simple configuration even when the reduction in diameter of the heat absorbing pipe is made. A heat exchanger 5 in which heat absorbing pipes 51 are disposed in a multi-tier arrangement within a casing 50 which is the passage of combustion exhaust gas, both pipe ends 511,512 of each of the heat absorbing pipes 51 are connected respectively to two headers 54, 55 provided on a side plate 52 of the casing 50, and water introduced from an external pipe 63 to each of the heat absorbing pipes 51 through the header 54 is heat-exchanged and heated by combustion exhaust gas. The pipe ends 511, 512 of the heat absorbing pipes 51 are arranged at a predetermined vertical interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekatsu Naruse, Yoichi Kojima, Shinya Otsubo, Masaru Shimazaki, Takeshi Kawashima, Hiroaki Sasaki