IP Library Granted Patent US 10,639,743
Granted Patent B2
US 10,639,743 · App. 16/308,948 · Granted May 5, 2020

Vacuum insulation panel manufacturing method, and vacuum insulation panel

Inventors: Tsutomu Azuma (Tokyo, JP); Hirohisa Mishima (Tokyo, JP); Takefumi Nakako (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,639,743
App. No.
16/308,948
Granted
May 5, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vacuum insulation panel manufacturing method that makes it possible to manufacture low-cost, high-performance vacuum insulation panels, and a vacuum insulation panel are provided. This method of manufacturing a vacuum insulation panel involves: a stacking step in which a first metal plate is stacked on one side of an insulating core material, and in which a backing member having an opening and a second metal plate having an evacuation port are stacked, with the opening and the evacuation port stacking, on the other surface of the core member in the order of backing member and second metal plate from the core member side; a first welding step for welding outwards of where the core member is arranged in the first metal plate and the second metal plate; an evacuating step from the evacuation port to create a vacuum in an inner area which is held between the first metal plate and the second metal plate and in which the core member is arranged; and a laser welding step in which, in a state in which the inner area is made into a vacuum by the evacuating step, the evacuation port is sealed by means of a sealing material and the sealing material, the second metal plate and the backing member are laser welded.

Claims (12)

1. A vacuum insulation panel comprising:

an insulating core member;

a first metal plate arranged on one side of the core member;

a backing member having an opening and arranged on the other surface of the core member;

a second metal plate arranged across the backing member on the other surface of the core member and having an evacuation port at a position stacking with the opening; and

a sealing member sealing the opening,

wherein outer sides of regions of the first metal plate and the second metal plate between which the core member is sandwiched are welded,

wherein the sealing member, the second metal plate, and the backing member are welded, and

wherein a vacuum state is created between the first metal plate and the second metal plate.

2. The vacuum insulation panel according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing member is a magnetic body.

3. The vacuum insulation panel according to claim 1 , wherein the backing member has an annular shape.

4. The vacuum insulation panel according to claim 1 , wherein the backing member has the same diameter as the sealing member.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2020
From: NISSHIN STEEL CO.,LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051797/0370 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2018
From: AZUMA, TSUTOMU; MISHIMA, HIROHISA; NAKAKO, TAKEFUMI
To: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047742/0749 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-117305 · Jun 13, 2016 · national
JP 2017-023648 · Feb 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190143450A1 · May 16, 2019
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