Patents by Inventor Yuji Shibuya

Yuji Shibuya 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: 11969830
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, a sacrificial material provided on one surface of the core material, a brazing filler material provided on the other surface side of the core material, and an intermediate layer provided between the core material and the brazing filler material. The core material contains Si: 0.30 to 1.00 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.60 to 1.20 mass %, Mg: 0.05 to 0.80 mass %, and Al. The sacrificial material contains Si: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, Zn: 2.00 to 7.00 mass %, Mn: 0.40 mass % or less, and Al. The intermediate layer contains Si: 0.05 to 1.20 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, and Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuki Hashimoto, Kenichiro Yoshida, Yuji Shibuya, Akihiro Tsuruno, Yoshikazu Miyano, Hajime Sugito, Michiyasu Yamamoto, Masayuki Makita, Arisu Fujii, Shin Takewaka, Hayaki Teramoto, Koichi Yamamoto, Toshihide Ninagawa
  • Patent number: 11925970
    Abstract: A coil winding apparatus includes: a core rod feeding unit configured to feed a string-shaped core rod from a core rod nozzle; a core rod drawing unit configured to draw out the core rod; a wire rod feeding unit configured to feed a wire rod towards the core rod; a rotator capable of rotating about the core rod nozzle; the guide member provided on the rotator, the guide member being configured to clamp, with the core rod, the wire rod that has been fed from the wire rod feeding unit; and a rotating unit configured to rotate the rotator to rotate the guide member together with the rotator so as to revolve the wire rod around the core rod in a vicinity of the core rod nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NITTOKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nao Shibuya, Yuji Higeta
  • Publication number: 20230234172
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having a core material, a brazing filler material provided on one surface of the core material, and an intermediate material provided between the core material and the brazing filler material. The core material contains, in mass%, Mn: 0.20% to 2.00%, Si: 0.20% to 1.50%, Cu: 0.20% to 1.50%, and Mg: 0.10% to 0.90%, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities. The intermediate material contains, in mass%, Zn: 0.50% to 8.00%, and Mg: 0.10% to 0.90%, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities. The brazing filler material contains, in mass%, Si: 5.00% to 15.00%, Mg: 0.10% to 0.90%, Bi: 0.10% to 0.50%, and Cu: 0.05% to 0.50%, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfies the formula 10.0?[Zn]/[Cu]?40.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Katsuhiro MATSUKADO, Akihiro TSURUNO, Yuji SHIBUYA, Yousuke UCHIDA, Atsushi SAJI
  • Publication number: 20230117687
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, a sacrificial material provided on one surface of the core material, a brazing filler material provided on the other surface side of the core material, and an intermediate layer provided between the core material and the brazing filler material. The core material contains Si: 0.30 to 1.00 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.60 to 1.20 mass %, Mg: 0.05 to 0.80 mass %, and Al. The sacrificial material contains Si: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, Zn: 2.00 to 7.00 mass %, Mn: 0.40 mass % or less, and Al. The intermediate layer contains Si: 0.05 to 1.20 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, and Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tatsuki HASHIMOTO, Kenichiro YOSHIDA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Akihiro TSURUNO, Yoshikazu MIYANO, Hajime SUGITO, Michiyasu YAMAMOTO, Masayuki MAKITA, Arisu FUJII, Shin TAKEWAKA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Koichi YAMAMOTO, Toshihide NINAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230098425
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material and a brazing material provided on at least one surface of the core material. The brazing material includes 5.0-9.0 mass % Si, 0.10-0.90 mass % Mg, and 0.05-0.60 mass % Bi, and further includes at least one of 0.80 mass % or less Mn and 0.60 mass % or less Ti, with the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Yuto AZUMA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Akihiro TSURUNO, Shogo YAMADA, Masashi UTSUNOMIYA, Atsushi SAJI
  • Patent number: 11437176
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a member with marking having at least one marking area to be processed digitally, as well as a member other than the member with marking. The marking allows for tracing the production history of individual electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Shibuya, Kazuhiko Otsuka, Tetsuya Oga
  • Publication number: 20200350110
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a member with marking having at least one marking area to be processed digitally, as well as a member other than the member with marking. The marking allows for tracing the production history of individual electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yuji SHIBUYA, Kazuhiko OTSUKA, Tetsuya OGA
  • Patent number: 10748696
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a member with marking having at least one marking area to be processed digitally, as well as a member other than the member with marking. The marking allows for tracing the production history of individual electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Shibuya, Kazuhiko Otsuka, Tetsuya Oga
  • Publication number: 20200206849
    Abstract: This aluminum alloy brazing sheet is provided with: a core material comprising 2.0 mass % or less (including 0 mass %) of Mg and a remainder of Al and unavoidable impurities; and a brazing material comprising Si, Bi, Mg, and a remainder of Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfies the expressions 3?CSi?13, 0.13CMg?0.3?CBi?0.58CMg0.45, CMg-b?0.1, and 0.2?CMg?1.1 when the Si content of the brazing material is denoted by CSi, the Bi content of the brazing material is denoted by CBi, the Mg content of the brazing material is denoted by CMg-b, the Mg content of the core material is denoted by CMg-c, and CMg=CMg-b+CMg-c/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro IZUMI, Akihiro TSURUNO, Shimpei KIMURA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Takahiro SHINODA, Shogo YAMADA, Shingo OONO
  • Publication number: 20200086430
    Abstract: Provided is a brazing method for an aluminum alloy brazing sheet provided with a core material and a brazing material in which the Si content of the brazing material is denoted by CSi, the Bi content of the brazing material is denoted by CBi, the Mg content of the brazing material is denoted by CMg-b, the Mg content of the core material is denoted by CMg-c, CMg=CMg-b+CMg-c/2, and an aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfying 3?CSi?13, 0.13CMg?0.3?CBi?0.58CMg0.45, CMg-b?0.1, and 0.2?CMg?1.1 is brazed in an inert gas atmosphere at a heating temperature of 560-620° C. without using flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro IZUMI, Akihiro TSURUNO, Shimpei KIMURA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Takahiro SHINODA, Shogo YAMADA, Shingo OONO
  • Patent number: 10369665
    Abstract: This brazed structure includes a brazing sheet that has been brazed and that comprises: a core material comprising an aluminum alloy which contains 0.3-1.0 mass %, excluding 0.3 mass %, Si, 0.6-2.0 mass %, excluding 0.6 mass %, Mn, 0.3-1.0 mass %, excluding 0.3 mass %, Cu, and 0.15-0.5 mass %, excluding 0.15 mass %, Mg, with the remainder comprising Al and unavoidable impurities, and has an average crystal grain diameter of 50 ?m or larger and in which an Mg—Si intermetallic compound and an Al—Mg—Si—Cu intermetallic compound account for 40% or less of the grain boundaries; and, clad to the core material, a brazing material comprising an Al—Si alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Izumi, Shimpei Kimura, Yuji Shibuya, Shoei Teshima, Hayaki Teramoto, Osamu Hakamata
  • Patent number: 10307869
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet for electric resistance welding, which has high strength while being thinned and can reduce the occurrence of welding defects in the electric resistance welding. Disclosed is an aluminum alloy brazing sheet for electric resistance welding, including a core layer and a brazing filler layer cladded on at least one surface of the core layer, wherein the brazing filler layer is made of an aluminum alloy comprising Si: 5.5 to 12.0% by mass, and at least one of Na: 0.0003 to 0.0030% by mass and Sr: 0.0020 to 0.1000% by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the brazing filler layer in a molten state at 650° C. exhibits a viscosity of 0.01 Pa·s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shimpei Kimura, Toshiki Ueda, Takahiro Izumi, Yuji Shibuya
  • Patent number: 10312010
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a coil component 10 has a drum core 20 housed in a through hole 32 of a ring core 30, and two types of securing parts are provided in a gap G between an outer circumference of one flange part 24 of the drum core 20 and an inner circumference of the through hole 32. Terminal electrodes 50A, 50B connecting to ends 46A, 46B pulled out from a winding wire 40 wound around the drum core 20 are assembled to the ring core 30. Second securing parts 60A, 60B are arranged to opposite to each other with respect to a center C of the flange part 24, and first securing parts 62A, 62B are provided to cover an outer side of the second securing parts 60A, 60B. A hardness of the second securing part is higher than that of the first securing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oga, Kazuhiko Otsuka, Yuji Shibuya
  • Patent number: 10286496
    Abstract: A brazing sheet formed of an aluminum alloy and exhibiting excellent post-brazing strength, corrosion resistance and brazability with a thickness of less than 200 ?m is provided. The brazing sheet includes a core layer, a filler layer of an Al—Si based alloy on one side of the core layer, and a sacrificial layer on the other side of the core layer. The core layer includes more than 1.5 mass % and 2.5 mass % or less of Cu, 0.5 mass % to 2.0 mass % of Mn, Al, and inevitable impurities. The sacrificial layer includes 2.0 mass % to 7.0 mass % of Zn, more than 0.10 mass % and 3.0 mass % or less of Mg, Al, and inevitable impurities. The filler layer and the sacrificial layer each have a thickness of 15 ?m to 50 ?m. A total clad rate of the filler layer and the sacrificial layer is equal to or less than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Kimura, Akihiro Tsuruno, Takahiro Izumi, Yuji Shibuya, Hayaki Teramoto, Shoei Teshima, Manabu Hasegawa, Michiyasu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190118311
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet 1 characterized by comprising a core material 2, a brazing material 3 made of an Al—Si based alloy provided on one surface of the core material 2, a sacrificial material 4 provided on another surface of the core material 2, and an intermediate material 5 provided between the core material 2 and the sacrificial material 4; a plate thickness being less than 200 ?m; the core material 2 containing a predetermined amount of Mn and Cu, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities; the sacrificial material 4 containing a predetermined amount of Zn and less than a predetermined amount of Mg, with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities; and the intermediate material 5 containing a predetermined amount of Mg with a balance being Al and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei KIMURA, Yuji SHIBUYA, Akihiro TSURUNO, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Kota HAGIHARA, Yosuke UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180214990
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet for electric resistance welding, which has high strength while being thinned and can reduce the occurrence of welding defects in the electric resistance welding. Disclosed is an aluminum alloy brazing sheet for electric resistance welding, including a core layer and a brazing filler layer cladded on at least one surface of the core layer, wherein the brazing filler layer is made of an aluminum alloy comprising Si: 5.5 to 12.0% by mass, and at least one of Na: 0.0003 to 0.0030% by mass and Sr: 0.0020 to 0.1000% by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the brazing filler layer in a molten state at 650° C. exhibits a viscosity of 0.01 Pa·s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Shimpei KIMURA, Toshiki UEDA, Takahiro IZUMI, Yuji SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20180111232
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brazing sheet made of an aluminum alloy, which can maintain excellent strength after braizing and corrosion resistance even though the sheet is thinned The brazing sheet 1A includes a core material 2, a brazing material 4 provided on at least one side of the core material 2, and an intermediate layer 3 provided between the core material 2 and the brazing material 4 on the at least one side, wherein the core material 2 includes Cu: 0.50 to 1.10% by mass, Si: 0.10 to 1.10% by mass, and Mn: 0.60 to 2.00% by mass, and Al and inevitable impurities, and the intermediate layer 3 includes Zn: 0.50 to 10.00% by mass, and Si: exceeding 0.20% by mass and 1.10% by mass or less, and Al and inevitable impurities, and wherein the brazing material 4 is made of an AlSi based alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yuji SHIBUYA, Shimpei KIMURA, Akihiro TSURUNO
  • Publication number: 20180096775
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a member with marking having at least one marking area to be processed digitally, as well as a member other than the member with marking. The marking allows for tracing the production history of individual electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji SHIBUYA, Kazuhiko OTSUKA, Tetsuya OGA
  • Publication number: 20170287614
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a coil component 10 has a drum core 20 housed in a through hole 32 of a ring core 30, and two types of securing parts are provided in a gap G between an outer circumference of one flange part 24 of the drum core 20 and an inner circumference of the through hole 32. Terminal electrodes 50A, 50B connecting to ends 46A, 46B pulled out from a winding wire 40 wound around the drum core 20 are assembled to the ring core 30. Second securing parts 60A, 60B are arranged to opposite to each other with respect to a center C of the flange part 24, and first securing parts 62A, 62B are provided to cover an outer side of the second securing parts 60A, 60B. A hardness of the second securing part is higher than that of the first securing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuya OGA, Kazuhiko OTSUKA, Yuji SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20170232561
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, a brazing filler material provided on one surface of the core material and formed of an Al—Si based alloy, and a sacrificial anode material provided on the other surface of the core material, the brazing sheet having a thickness of less than 200 ?m, wherein the core material includes more than 1.5% by mass and 2.5% or less by mass of Cu, and 0.5 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the sacrificial anode material includes 2.0 to 10.0% by mass of Zn, an Mg content in the sacrificial anode material being restricted to 0.10% or less by mass, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and wherein each of the brazing filler material and the sacrificial anode material has a thickness thereof in a range of 15 to 50 ?m, and the total of cladding rates of the brazing filler material and sacrificial anode material is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei KIMURA, Akihiro TSURUNO, Takahiro IZUMI, Yuji SHIBUYA, Hayaki TERAMOTO, Michiyasu YAMAMOTO, Manabu HASEGAWA, Shoei TESHIMA