Patents by Inventor Yoshikiyo Tanaka

Yoshikiyo 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).

  • Patent number: 6844085
    Abstract: With the objectives of alleviating the property of attacking on the mating member by scratching-off of local agglutinates on the sliding contact surface, achieving improved wear resistance, and achieving improved seizure resistance through restraint of frictional heat generation by a hard phase, a copper based sintered contact material contains shock-resistant ceramics in an amount of 0.05 to less than 0.5 wt % as non-metallic particles composed of one or more substances selected from pulverized oxides, carbides and nitrides. The shock-resistant ceramics are comprised of SiO2 and/or two or more substances selected from SiO2, Al2O3, LiO2, TiO2 and MgO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Tetsuo Ohnishi, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Keiichi Maeda, Kan'ichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20040149083
    Abstract: With the objectives of alleviating the property of attacking on the mating member by scratching-off of local agglutinates on the sliding contact surface, achieving improved wear resistance, and achieving improved seizure resistance through restraint of frictional heat generation by a hard phase, a copper based sintered contact material contains shock-resistant ceramics in an amount of 0.05 to less than 0.5 wt % as non-metallic particles composed of one or more substances selected from pulverized oxides, carbides and nitrides. The shock-resistant ceramics are comprised of SiO2 and/or two or more substances selected from SiO2, Al2O3, LiO2, TiO2 and MgO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Tetsuo Ohnishi, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Keiichi Maeda, Kan?apos;ichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20040149082
    Abstract: With the objectives of alleviating the property of attacking on the mating member by scratching-off of local agglutinates on the sliding contact surface, achieving improved wear resistance, and achieving improved seizure resistance through restraint of frictional heat generation by a hard phase, a copper based sintered contact material contains shock-resistant ceramics in an amount of 0.05 to less than 0.5 wt % as non-metallic particles composed of one or more substances selected from pulverized oxides, carbides and nitrides. The shock-resistant ceramics are comprised of SiO2 and/or two or more substances selected from SiO2, Al2O3, LiO2, TiO2 and MgO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Tetsuo Ohnishi, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Keiichi Maeda, Kan?apos;Ichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20040149081
    Abstract: With the objectives of alleviating the property of attacking on the mating member by scratching-off of local agglutinates on the sliding contact surface, achieving improved wear resistance, and achieving improved seizure resistance through restraint of frictional heat generation by a hard phase, a copper based sintered contact material contains shock-resistant ceramics in an amount of 0.05 to less than 0.5 wt % as non-metallic particles composed of one or more substances selected from pulverized oxides, carbides and nitrides. The shock-resistant ceramics are comprised of SiO2 and/or two or more substances selected from SiO2, Al2O3, LiO2, TiO2 and MgO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Tetsuo Ohnishi, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Keiichi Maeda, Kan?apos;ichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20040123698
    Abstract: A contact material which provides improved wear resistance as well as reduced adhesion utilizing the features of an intermetallic compound having an ordered phase, with the intention of (i) improving the seizure resistance and/or wear resistance of an implement bearing which slides under low-speed, high-surface-pressure conditions and is susceptible to lubricant starvation; (ii) preventing abnormal noises; and (iii) achieving prolonged greasing intervals. The contact material contains 10% by volume or more a metallic alloy phase having such a composition range that causes an order-disorder transition. The metallic alloy phase is a Fe base alloy phase containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Co and Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Tetsuo Onishi
  • Publication number: 20030209103
    Abstract: In a copper-based sintering sliding material, to reduce attacking power to the counter material by expressing an ability to scrape a local adhered object on the sliding surface, improve abrasion resistance of the material, and suppress the abrasive heat generation due to the hard phase, thereby improving the seizure limit, heat shock resistant ceramics comprising two or more selected from SiO2 and/or SiO2, Al2O3, LiO2, TiO2 and MgO are dispersed in an amount of 0.05 to 0.5% by weight or less, as nonmetallic particles comprising one or more kind(s) selected from finely grinded oxides, carbides and nitrides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Tetsuo Ohnishi, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Keiichi Maeda, Kanichi Sato
  • Patent number: 6613121
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered material of which dimensional accuracy has been increased by improving the sinterability of Cu—Al based sintered material. More specifically, there are provided a sintered material and a composite sintered contact component, which are excellent in strength, wear resistance, seizure resistance and corrosion resistance. The sintered material is a Cu—Al based sintered material containing at least 1 to 12 wt % Sn and 2 to 14 wt % Al, and the composite sintered contact component is formed by sinter-bonding this sintered material to a metal backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Yoshikiyo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20030099853
    Abstract: With the objectives of alleviating the property of attacking on the mating member by scratching-off of local agglutinates on the sliding contact surface, achieving improved wear resistance, and achieving improved seizure resistance through restraint of frictional heat generation by a hard phase, a copper based sintered contact material contains shock-resistant ceramics in an amount of 0.05 to less than 0.5 wt % as non-metallic particles composed of one or more substances selected from pulverized oxides, carbides and nitrides. The shock-resistant ceramics are comprised of SiO2 and/or two or more substances selected from SiO2, Al2O3, LiO2, TiO2 and MgO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Tetsuo Ohnishi, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Keiichi Maeda, Kan?apos;ichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20030049148
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered material of which dimensional accuracy has been increased by improving the sinterability of Cu—Al based sintered material. More specifically, there are provided a sintered material and a composite sintered contact component, which are excellent in strength, wear resistance, seizure resistance and corrosion resistance. The sintered material is a Cu—Al based sintered material containing at least 1 to 12 wt % Sn and 2 to 14 wt % Al, and the composite sintered contact component is formed by sinter-bonding this sintered material to a metal baking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Yoshikiyo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020172836
    Abstract: A contact material which provides improved wear resistance as well as reduced adhesion utilizing the features of an intermetallic compound having an ordered phase, with the intention of (i) improving the seizure resistance and/or wear resistance of an implement bearing which slides under low-speed, high-surface-pressure conditions and is susceptible to lubricant starvation; (ii) preventing abnormal noises; and (iii) achieving prolonged greasing intervals. The contact material contains 10% by volume or more a metallic alloy phase having such a composition range that causes an order-disorder transition. The metallic alloy phase is a Fe base alloy phase containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Co and Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Yoshikiyo Tanaka, Tetsuo Onishi
  • Patent number: 6428744
    Abstract: There are disclosed copper-base and/or iron-base contact materials which contain a Pb intermetallic compound dispersedly precipitated therein and which have highly improved sliding properties. Double layered contact elements improved in oil impregnation and lubricity are formed by sinter bonding the above contact materials to an iron-base metal backing, respectively. Economical producing methods for such double layered contact materials are also disclosed. In the copper-base and/or iron-base contact materials, one or more kinds of Pb intermetallic compounds are dispersedly precipitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Yoshikiyo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6322902
    Abstract: There are disclosed copper-base and/or iron-base contact materials which contain a Pb intermetallic compound dispersedly precipitated therein and which have highly improved sliding properties. Double layered contact elements improved in oil impregnation and lubricity are formed by sinter bonding the above contact materials to an iron-base metal backing, respectively. Economical producing methods for such double layered contact materials are also disclosed. In the copper-base and/or iron-base contact materials, one or more kinds of Pb intermetallic compounds are dispersedly precipitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Yoshikiyo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6015775
    Abstract: A self-lubricating sintered sliding member and its producing method, the member having excellent seizing resistance and wear resistance even in offset load and high load applications.The self-lubricating sintered sliding member is composed of an iron-family metal substrate and a sintered contact layer that is formed on a sliding side of the iron-family metal substrate and made from a sintered contact material containing an iron-family material. The sintered contact layer has, on a surface thereof, protrusions formed from solid lubricant particles including graphite. A solid lubricant layer is laid over the surface of the sintered contact layer where the protrusions are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Yoshikiyo Tanaka