Patents by Inventor Yoshihito Kawamura

Yoshihito Kawamura 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).

  • Publication number: 20230340653
    Abstract: The present disclosure intends to provide an aircraft member having both high strength and good ductility. Further, the present disclosure intends to provide an aircraft member satisfying required flame resistance. Further, the present disclosure intends to provide an aircraft member satisfying required corrosion resistance. In a method of manufacturing the aircraft member according to the present disclosure, a billet of an Mg—Al—Ca based alloy is extruded at an extrusion temperature that is higher than or equal to 350° C. and lower than or equal to 400° C. and at a ram rate that is higher than or equal to 1 mm/sec and lower than or equal to 3 mm/sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Takayuki TAKAHASHI, Hiroki MORI, Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Michiaki YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230201416
    Abstract: Provided is an implant magnesium alloy having corrosion resistance, mechanical strength, ductility at the same time. In one aspect of the present invention, an implant magnesium alloy contains: x at % of Zn; a total of y at % of at least one element of Ca and Sr; and the balance of Mg and inevitable impurities. x and y satisfy formulae 1 and 2: 0.15?x?1.5??(Formula 1) 0.5?y?1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshihito KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230054126
    Abstract: Provided is a magnesium alloy having a thermal conductivity of 75 W/m·K or more and a high specific strength. One aspect of the present invention is a magnesium alloy containing a at. % of Al, b at. % of Ca, c at. % of Mn, and d at. % of D, with the remainder comprising Mg and unavoidable impurities. D has at least one of a rare-earth element (RE), Sn, Li, Zn, Ag, Be and Sc. The magnesium alloy does not contain Si and Sr. C mentioned above satisfies expression 1 below, d satisfies expression 2 below, and a and b are within a range enclosed by the solid line shown in FIG. 1. The thermal conductivity is 75 W/m·K or greater. 0?c?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MG Port Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Shinichi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210355561
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel heat exchange medium to replace lead. A carbon-steel wire 1A heated in a heating furnace 11 is passed through a bath 12A filled with a liquid-phase Mg—Al—Ca alloy 20 obtained by melting a Mg—Al—Ca alloy in which the main constituent elements are Mg (magnesium), Al (aluminum) and Ca (calcium). When it passes through the bath 12A, the carbon-steel wire 1A, which has been heated for example to about 950° C. in the heating furnace 11, is cooled to about 550° C. The Mg—Al—Ca alloy is non-toxic and has no environmental impact as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicants: TOKYO ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ISHIMOTO, Yoshihito KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10358702
    Abstract: To provide a magnesium alloy having high incombustibility, high strength and high ductility together. A magnesium alloy including Ca in an amount of “a” atomic %, Al in an amount of “b” atomic % and a residue of Mg, including (Mg, Al)2Ca in an amount of “c” volume %, wherein “a”, “b” and “c” satisfy the following equations (1) to (4), and having the (Mg, Al)2Ca dispersed therein. 3?a?7??(1) 4.5?b?12??(2) 1.2?b/a?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshihito Kawamura, Michiaki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10260130
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnesium alloy material having excellent tensile strength and favorable ductility. Therefore, the magnesium alloy sheet material formed by rolling a magnesium alloy having a long period stacking order phase crystallized at the time of casting includes in a case where a sheet-thickness traverse section of an alloy structure is observed at a substantially right angle to the longitudinal direction by a scanning electron microscope, a structure mainly composed of the long period stacking order phase, in which, at least two or more ?Mg phases having thickness in the observed section of 0.5 ?m or less are laminated in a layered manner with the sheet-shape long period stacking order phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: National University Corporation Kumamoto University, Kumamoto Technology & Industry Foundation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshihito Kawamura, Masafumi Noda, Hiroshi Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10184165
    Abstract: A high strength and high toughness magnesium alloy, characterized in that it is a plastically worked product produced by a method comprising preparing a magnesium alloy cast product containing a atomic % of Zn, b atomic % of Y, a and b satisfying the following formulae (1) to (3), and the balance amount of Mg, subjecting the magnesium alloy cast product to a plastic working to form a preliminary plastically worked product, and subjecting the preliminary plastically worked product to a heat treatment, and it has a hcp structure magnesium phase and a long period stacking structure phase at an ordinary temperature; (1) 0.5?a<5.0 (2) 0.5<b<5.0 (3) ?a???b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihito Kawamura, Michiaki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10138535
    Abstract: A magnesium alloy having high strength and high ductility and in which at least one of corrosion resistance and flame resistance is enhanced, or a method of manufacturing the same. The magnesium alloy contains an atomic % of Ca and b atomic % of Al, totally contains k atomic % of at least one element selected from a group consisting of Mn, Zr, Ag, Y and Nd, has a composition in which a remaining part is formed of Mg and contains c volume % of (Mg, Al)2Ca, a, b, c and k satisfying formulae (1) to (4) and (21) below. The (Mg, Al)2Ca is dispersed and the at least one element is an element that enhances at least one of corrosion resistance and flame resistance: (1) 3?a?7, (2) 4.5?b?12, (3) 1.2?b/a?3.0, (4) 10?c?35, (21) 0<k?0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshihito Kawamura, Michiaki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 9562277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnesium alloy material, having superior mechanical properties without using special production equipment or processes, and a production process thereof. The magnesium alloy material of the present invention composed of an Mg—Zn—RE alloy comprises essential components in the form of 0.5 to 3 atomic percent of Zn and 1 to 5 atomic percent of RE, with the remainder comprising Mg and unavoidable impurities. The Mg—Zn—RE alloy has a lamellar phase formed from a long period stacking ordered structure and ?-Mg in the alloy structure thereof. The long period stacking ordered structure has at least one of a curved portion and a bent portion and has a divided portion in at least a portion thereof. Finely granulated ?-Mg having a mean particle diameter of 2 ?m or less is formed in the divided portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mamoru Nakata, Yuuichi Yamada, Koji Itakura, Yoshio Okada, Yoshihito Kawamura, Michiaki Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20160369378
    Abstract: A magnesium alloy having high strength and high ductility and in which at least one of corrosion resistance and flame resistance is enhanced, or a method of manufacturing the same. The magnesium alloy contains an atomic % of Ca and b atomic % of Al, totally contains k atomic % of at least one element selected from a group consisting of Mn, Zr, Ag, Y and Nd, has a composition in which a remaining part is formed of Mg and contains c volume % of (Mg, Al)2Ca, a, b, c and k satisfying formulae (1) to (4) and (21) below. The (Mg, Al)2Ca is dispersed and the at least one element is an element that enhances at least one of corrosion resistance and flame resistance: (1) 3?a?7, (2) 4.5?b?12, (3) 1.2?b/a?3.0, (4) 10?c?35, (21) 0<k?0.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: National University Corporation Kumamoto University
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Michiaki YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160355917
    Abstract: This invention provides a high-strength and high-toughness metal which has strength and toughness each high enough to be put to practical use in expanded applications of magnesium alloys, and a process for producing the same. The high-strength and high-toughness metal is a magnesium alloy comprising a crystal structure containing an hcp-structure magnesium phase and a long-period layered structure phase. At least a part of the long-period layered structure phase is in a curved or flexed state. The magnesium alloy comprises a atomic % of Zn and b atomic % of Gd with the balance consisting of Mg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Michiaki YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160168666
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flame-retardant magnesium alloy having mechanical properties of a long period stacking ordered magnesium alloy and having an ignition temperature of 800° C. or more is provided. In the method of manufacturing a flame-retardant magnesium alloy, a flame-retardant magnesium alloy which contains a atomic % of Zn, b atomic % of at least one element selected from a group consisting of Gd, Tb, Tm and Lu, and x atomic % of Ca and in which a remaining part is formed of Mg and a, b and x satisfy Formulae 1 to 4 below is melted. 0.2?a?5.0??(Formula 1) 0.5?b?5.0??(Formula 2) 0.5a?0.5?b??(Formula 3) 0<x?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: National University Corporation Kumamoto University
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Jonghyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20160068933
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flame-retardant magnesium alloy having mechanical properties of a long period stacking ordered magnesium alloy and having an ignition temperature of 800° C. or more is provided. The method of manufacturing a flame-retardant magnesium alloy comprises a step of melting a flame-retardant magnesium alloy which contains a atomic % of Zn, b atomic % of Y, x atomic % of Ca and a residue of Mg, and a, b and x satisfy formulae 1 to 4 below. 0.5?a<5.0??(Formula 1) 0.5<b<5.0??(Formula 2) ?a???b??(Formula 3) 0<x?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: National University Corporation Kumamoto University
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Jonghyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20150307970
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnesium alloy material having excellent tensile strength and favorable ductility. Therefore, the magnesium alloy sheet material formed by rolling a magnesium alloy having a long period stacking order phase crystallized at the time of casting includes in a case where a sheet-thickness traverse section of an alloy structure is observed at a substantially right angle to the longitudinal direction by a scanning electron microscope, a structure mainly composed of the long period stacking order phase, in which, at least two or more ?Mg phases having thickness in the observed section of 0.5 ?m or less are laminated in a layered manner with the sheet-shape long period stacking order phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Masafumi NODA, Hiroshi SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20150090374
    Abstract: To provide a magnesium alloy having high incombustibility, high strength and high ductility together. A magnesium alloy including Ca in an amount of “a” atomic %, Al in an amount of “b” atomic % and a residue of Mg, including (Mg, Al)2Ca in an amount of “c” volume %, wherein “a”, “b” and “c” satisfy the following equations (1) to (4), and having the (Mg, Al)2Ca dispersed therein. 3?a?7??(1) 4.5?b?12??(2) 1.2?b/a?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihito Kawamura, Michiaki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8944307
    Abstract: A welding method of applying energy to an interface where a metal glass and a crystalline metal make contact with each other or to the metal glass near the interface, heating and melting the metal glass to form a molten layer, and joining the metal glass and the crystalline metal. The metal glass has a glass formation ability in which a nose time of a TTT curve when a solid of the metal glass is reheated is 0.2 seconds or more. The metal glass and the crystalline metal are formed with a material that satisfies a temperature range of a temperature of the metal glass at which a spread factor of the crystalline metal that has not been melted and the molten metal glass is 25% or more and a melting point of the crystalline metal to be 100 K or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: National University Corporation Kumamoto University, Kuroki Kogosyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Kawamura, Jonghyun Kim, Hironori Kuroki, Yuji Yanagida, Naohisa Sawai, Masafumi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20150023836
    Abstract: This invention provides a high-strength and high-toughness metal which has strength and toughness each high enough to be put to practical use in expanded applications of magnesium alloys, and a process for producing the same. The high-strength and high-toughness metal is a magnesium alloy comprising a crystal structure containing an hcp-structure magnesium phase and a long-period layered structure phase. At least a part of the long-period layered structure phase is in a curved or flexed state. The magnesium alloy comprises a atomic % of Zn and b atomic % of Gd with the balance consisting of Mg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Michiaki YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150020931
    Abstract: A high strength and high toughness magnesium alloy, characterized in that it is a plastically worked product produced by a method comprising preparing a magnesium alloy cast product containing a atomic % of Zn, b atomic % of Y, a and b satisfying the following formulae (1) to (3), and the balance amount of Mg, subjecting the magnesium alloy cast product to a plastic working to form a preliminary plastically worked product, and subjecting the preliminary plastically worked product to a heat treatment, and it has a hcp structure magnesium phase and a long period stacking structure phase at an ordinary temperature; (1) 0.5?a<5.0 (2) 0.5<b<5.0 (3) ?a???b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Michiaki YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150013854
    Abstract: A high strength and high toughness magnesium alloy, characterized in that it is a plastically worked product produced by a method comprising preparing a magnesium cast product containing a atomic % of Zn, b atomic % in total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Dy, Ho and Er, a and b satisfying the following formulae (1) to (3), and the balance amount of Mg, subjecting the magnesium alloy cast product to a plastic working to form a plastically worked product, and it has a hcp structure magnesium phase and a long period stacking structure phase at an ordinary temperature; 0.2?a?5.0??(1) 0.2?b?5.0??(2) 0.5a?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihito KAWAMURA, Michiaki YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20130284829
    Abstract: Provided is an injection nozzle which is capable of maintain high response performance over a long period of time, in a manner compatible with an increase in fuel injection pressure of a high-pressure common rail system which is one type of fuel injection system for internal combustion engines such as diesel engines. The injection nozzle comprises a valve body 1, and a needle valve 2 disposed in an inner bore of the valve body 1 and adapted to intermittently seal an injection port 11 of the nozzle body 1, wherein at least a distal end 22 of the needle valve 2 is made of a metallic glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KUROKI KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Kawamura, Jonghyun Kim, Hironori Kuroki, Yuji Yanagida, Naohisa Sawai, Masafumi Miyajima