Patents by Inventor Yuki Taninouchi

Yuki Taninouchi 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: 9616639
    Abstract: Tin-plated copper-alloy material for terminal in which: a Sn-based surface layer is formed on a surface of a substrate made of Cu alloy, and a Cu—Sn alloy layer is formed between the Sn-based surface layer and the substrate; the Cu—Sn alloy layer is an alloy layer containing Cu6Sn5 as a major proportion and having a compound in which a part of Cu in the Cu6Sn5 is substituted by Ni and Si in the vicinity of a boundary face at the substrate side; an average thickness of the Sn-based surface layer is 0.2 ?m or more and 0.6 ?m or less; an oil-sump depth Rvk of the Cu—Sn alloy layer is 0.2 ?m or more; an area rate of the Cu—Sn alloy layer exposed at a surface of the Sn-based surface layer is 10% or more and 40% or less; and dynamic friction coefficient is 0.3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MISTUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Taninouchi, Naoki Kato, Kenji Kubota
  • Patent number: 8940404
    Abstract: Tin-plated copper-alloy material for terminal having: a substrate made of Cu or Cu alloy; an Sn-based surface layer formed on a surface of the substrate; and a Cu—Ni—Sn alloy layer including Ni formed between the Sn-based surface layer and the substrate, in which the Cu—Ni—Sn alloy layer is made of: fine Cu—Ni—Sn alloy particles; and coarse Cu—Ni—Sn alloy particles, an average thickness of the Sn-based surface layer is not less than 0.2 ?m and not more than 0.6 ?m, an area ratio of the Cu—Ni—Sn alloy layer exposed at a surface of the Sn-based surface layer is not less than 10% and not more than 40%, and a coefficient of kinetic friction of the tin-plated copper-alloy material for terminal is not more than 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Taninouchi, Naoki Kato, Kenji Kubota
  • Publication number: 20140170436
    Abstract: Tin-plated copper-alloy material for terminal in which: a Sn-based surface layer is formed on a surface of a substrate made of Cu alloy, and a Cu—Sn alloy layer is formed between the Sn-based surface layer and the substrate; the Cu—Sn alloy layer is an alloy layer containing Cu6Sn5 as a major proportion and having a compound in which a part of Cu in the Cu6Sn5 is substituted by Ni and Si in the vicinity of a boundary face at the substrate side; an average thickness of the Sn-based surface layer is 0.2 ?m or more and 0.6 ?m or less; an oil-sump depth Rvk of the Cu—Sn alloy layer is 0.2 ?m or more; an area rate of the Cu—Sn alloy layer exposed at a surface of the Sn-based surface layer is 10% or more and 40% or less; and dynamic friction coefficient is 0.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Taninouchi, Naoki Kato, Kenji Kubota
  • Publication number: 20140004373
    Abstract: Tin-plated copper-alloy material for terminal in which: a CuSn alloy layer/a NiSn alloy layer/a Ni or Ni alloy layer are formed between a Sn-based surface layer and a substrate made of Cu or Cu alloy; the CuSn alloy layer is a compound-alloy layer containing Cu6Sn5 as a major proportion and a part of Cu in the Cu6Sn5 is displaced by Ni; the NiSn alloy layer is a compound-alloy layer containing Ni3Sn4 as a major proportion and a part of Ni in the Ni3Sn4 is displaced by Cu; an average interval S of point peaks of the CuSn alloy layer is not less than 0.8 ?m and not more than 2.0 ?m; an average thickness of the Sn-based surface layer is not less than 0.2 ?m and not more than 0.6 ?m; an exposed-area rate of the CuSn alloy layer exposed at a surface of the Sn-based surface layer is not less than 1% and not more than 40%; an average of equivalent-circle diameter of the exposed portions of the CuSn alloy layer exposed at the surface of the Sn-based surface layer is not less than 0.1 ?m and not more than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Yuki Taninouchi, Naoki Kato, Kenji Kubota